Mixing in an agitated tubular reactor

Turbulent Mixing in a Tubular Reactor: Assessment of an FDF/LES Approach

The aim of the present research was to investigate the feasibility of a probability density function (PDF) methodology combined with a large eddy simulation (LES) for turbulent reactive mixing in industrial geometries. In order to incorporate the PDF transport equation into a LES context, a filtered version was employed, denoted as filtered density function (FDF) equation. Using FDF/LES, the yi...

CFD Investigation of Hydrodynamics in an Industrial Suspension Polymerization Mixing Reactor

Electrochemical Regeneration of Various Graphitic Adsorbents in an Air Agitated Sequential Batch Reactor

With the aim to address the issues related to the regeneration of activated carbon used for wastewater treatment, a novel and state of the art water treatment technology (Arvia) was introduced at the University of Manchester, UK. This technology employs the adsorption of dissolved toxic pollutants present in water onto the surface of graphitic adsorbents followed by their quick and cheap electr...

Oxygen transfer and mixing in mechanically agitated airlift bioreactors

Gas holdup, mixing, liquid circulation and gas–liquid oxygen transfer were characterized in a large (∼1.5 m3) draft-tube airlift bioreactor agitated with Prochem® hydrofoil impellers placed in the draft-tube. Measurements were made in water and in cellulose fiber slurries that resembled broths of mycelial microfungi. Use of mechanical agitation generally enhanced mixing performance and the oxyg...

Boundary control for an industrial under-actuated tubular chemical reactor

Several control strategies are presented and studied for an industrial under-actuated tubular chemical reactor. This work presents a case-study of the performance of a decentralized versus centralized control strategy. The tubular reactor under consideration is characterized by nonlinear kinetic laws, and it has some structural constraints on the location of the heat exchangers and of the senso...