The effect of particle size on flow in a continuous oscillatory baffled reactor using <scp>CFD</scp>
Guillermo Jimeno, Yeaw Chu Lee, Xiongwei Ni
Abstract
Abstract Experimental and numerical characterizations of flow in continuous oscillatory baffled reactors (COBR) have mainly been based on single phase in past decades. By coupling a primary Eulerian liquid phase with a secondary discrete Lagrangian phase consisting of solid particles of given density and size, this work investigates the effects of particle size on axial dispersion, evaluates residence times and velocities of particles, and quantifies the oscillation dampening caused by the presence of solid particles in a COBR.
Topics & Concepts
MechanicsParticle sizeComputational fluid dynamicsDispersion (optics)CFD-DEMResidence time (fluid dynamics)Work (physics)Eulerian pathOscillation (cell signaling)Particle (ecology)Flow (mathematics)Materials sciencePhase (matter)Residence time distributionLagrangianPhysicsThermodynamicsChemistryEngineeringQuantum mechanicsPhysical chemistryOpticsOceanographyGeologyMathematical physicsBiochemistryGeotechnical engineeringCyclone Separators and Fluid DynamicsFluid Dynamics and MixingCoagulation and Flocculation Studies