Gas–liquid flow and bubble size distribution in stirred tanks

Montante, Giuseppina Maria Rosa; Horn, David Van; Paglianti, Alessandro

doi:10.1016/j.ces.2008.01.005

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“…This type of approach is still in its infancy, although some promising results have been generated so far, by workers such as Montante et al (2008), Laakonen et al (2007) and Gimbun et al (2009). Figure 0.19 shows some example results from Laakonen et al (2007) for the gas holdup and bubble size distributions; the latter are rather far from uniform and the distribution of bubble sizes has a significant effect on the local mass transfer coefficient and interfacial area.…”

Section: Multi-phase Simulationsmentioning

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Computational Fluid Mixing

Rielly

Gimbun

2009

Food Mixing

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Section: Multi-phase Simulationsmentioning

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Computational Fluid Mixing

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Gimbun

2009

Food Mixing

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“…The most frequently used breakup model was given by Luo and Svendsen (1996). It has been applied by many authors for modelling of the BSD in stirred tanks (e.g., Ahmed et al, 2010;Kerdouss et al, 2008;Montante et al, 2008;Ranganathan and Sivaraman, 2011;Selma et al, 2010). Therefore, we focus on reviewing this breakup model in our work.…”

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CFD Prediction of Gas-Liquid Flow in an Aerated Stirred Vessel Using the Population Balance Model

Kálal¹,

Jahoda²,

Fořt³

2014

Chemical and Process Engineering

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The main topic of this study is the experimental measurement and mathematical modelling of global gas hold-up and bubble size distribution in an aerated stirred vessel using the population balance method. The air-water system consisted of a mixing tank of diameter T = 0.29 m, which was equipped with a six-bladed Rushton turbine. Calculations were performed with CFD software CFX 14.5. Turbulent quantities were predicted using the standard k-ε turbulence model. Coalescence and breakup of bubbles were modelled using the homogeneous MUSIG method with 24 bubble size groups. To achieve a better prediction of the turbulent quantities, simulations were performed with much finer meshes than those that have been adopted so far for bubble size distribution modelling. Several different drag coefficient correlations were implemented in the solver, and their influence on the results was studied. Turbulent drag correction to reduce the bubble slip velocity proved to be essential to achieve agreement of the simulated gas distribution with experiments. To model the disintegration of bubbles, the widely adopted breakup model by Luo & Svendsen was used. However, its applicability was questioned.

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“…The most frequently used breakup model was derived by Luo and Svendsen (1996). It has been applied by many authors for modelling the BSD in stirred tanks (e.g., Ahmed et al, 2010;Kerdouss et al, 2008;Montante et al, 2008;Ranganathan and Sivaraman, 2011;Selma et al, 2010); other models have seldom been applied (Gimbun et al, 2009;Laakkonen et al, 2007). The model by Luo & Svendsen was introduced in our previous work (Kálal et al, 2014).…”

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Modelling of the Bubble Size Distribution in an Aerated Stirred Tank: Theoretical and Numerical Comparison of Different Breakup Models

Kálal¹,

Jahoda²,

Fořt³

2014

Chemical and Process Engineering

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The main topic of this study is the mathematical modelling of bubble size distributions in an aerated stirred tank using the population balance method. The air-water system consisted of a fully baffled vessel with a diameter of 0.29 m, which was equipped with a six-bladed Rushton turbine. The secondary phase was introduced through a ring sparger situated under the impeller. Calculations were performed with the CFD software CFX 14.5. The turbulent quantities were predicted using the standard k-ε turbulence model. Coalescence and breakup of bubbles were modelled using the MUSIG method with 24 bubble size groups. For the bubble size distribution modelling, the breakup model by Luo and Svendsen (1996) typically has been used in the past. However, this breakup model was thoroughly reviewed and its practical applicability was questioned. Therefore, three different breakup models by Martínez-Bazán et al. (1999a, b), Lehr et al. (2002) and Alopaeus et al. (2002) were implemented in the CFD solver and applied to the system. The resulting Sauter mean diameters and local bubble size distributions were compared with experimental data.

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Gas–liquid flow and bubble size distribution in stirred tanks

Cited by 131 publications

References 26 publications

Computational Fluid Mixing

Computational Fluid Mixing

CFD Prediction of Gas-Liquid Flow in an Aerated Stirred Vessel Using the Population Balance Model

Modelling of the Bubble Size Distribution in an Aerated Stirred Tank: Theoretical and Numerical Comparison of Different Breakup Models

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