Computational fluid dynamics simulations of single-phase flow in a filter-press flow reactor having a stack of three cells
Computational fluid dynamics simulations of single-phase flow in a filter-press flow reactor having a stack of three cells
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were carried out for single-phase flow in a pre-pilot filter press flow reactor with a stack of three cells. Velocity profiles and streamlines were obtained by solving the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations with a standard k?? turbulence model. The flow behaviour shows the appearance of jet flow at the entrance to each cell. At lengths from 12 to 15 cm along the cells channels, a plug flow pattern is developed at all mean linear flow rates studied here, 1.2 ? u ? 2.1 cm s-1. The magnitude of the velocity profiles in each cell was different, due to the turbulence generated by the change of flow direction in the last fluid manifold. Residence time distribution (RTD) simulations indicated that the fluid behaviour tends towards a continuous mixing flow pattern, owing to flow at the output of each cell across the upper cell link pipe, which acts as a mixer. Close agreement between simulations and experimental RTD was obtained.
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Sandoval, Miguel A.
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Fuentes, Rosalba
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Walsh, Frank
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Nava, Jose Luis
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Ponce De Leon Albarran, Carlos
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20 October 2016
Sandoval, Miguel A.
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Walsh, Frank
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Nava, Jose Luis
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Sandoval, Miguel A., Fuentes, Rosalba, Walsh, Frank, Nava, Jose Luis and Ponce De Leon Albarran, Carlos
(2016)
Computational fluid dynamics simulations of single-phase flow in a filter-press flow reactor having a stack of three cells.
Electrochimica Acta, 216, .
(doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2016.09.045).
Abstract
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were carried out for single-phase flow in a pre-pilot filter press flow reactor with a stack of three cells. Velocity profiles and streamlines were obtained by solving the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations with a standard k?? turbulence model. The flow behaviour shows the appearance of jet flow at the entrance to each cell. At lengths from 12 to 15 cm along the cells channels, a plug flow pattern is developed at all mean linear flow rates studied here, 1.2 ? u ? 2.1 cm s-1. The magnitude of the velocity profiles in each cell was different, due to the turbulence generated by the change of flow direction in the last fluid manifold. Residence time distribution (RTD) simulations indicated that the fluid behaviour tends towards a continuous mixing flow pattern, owing to flow at the output of each cell across the upper cell link pipe, which acts as a mixer. Close agreement between simulations and experimental RTD was obtained.
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Accepted/In Press date: 6 September 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 9 September 2016
Published date: 20 October 2016
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Energy Technology Group
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Local EPrints ID: 401726
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/401726
ISSN: 0013-4686
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Jose Luis Nava
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