Effect of Schmidt number and D/d ratio on mass transfer through gas-solid and liquid-solid packed beds: Direct numerical simulations
Effect of Schmidt number and D/d ratio on mass transfer through gas-solid and liquid-solid packed beds: Direct numerical simulations
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DOI:
10.1016/j.powtec.2019.05.067
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发表时间:
2019-09
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Shivkumar Bale;S. Tiwari;K. Nandakumar;J. Joshi
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作者:
Shivkumar Bale;S. Tiwari;K. Nandakumar;J. Joshi
The effect of Schmidt number (Sc) and D/d ratio on mass transfer through gas-solid and liquid-solid packed beds was studied. The parameters investigated in this study wereSc= 1, 10, 100 and 1000,Re≤ 100, D/d = 6 and 11, and the void fraction was kept constant at 0.57. DEM-CFD simulations were conducted to create the random geometry of the packed bed. Model validation and mesh independency was performed, and good agreement with the experimental results was noted. Overall Sherwood number (Sho) along with the local Sherwood number (ShL) around each particle in the packed bed was estimated. It was observed that the Shoincreases withRe, and the slope of the relationship between ShoandReincreases with increasingSc. An interesting trend was also reported, which signifies the combined effect ofScand D/d ratio on mass transfer. It was noticed that, atSc= 1, the ShovsRetrend for D/d = 6 was below the one for D/d = 11. However, asScfurther increases, the trend for D/d = 6 moves above the one for D/d = 11. This behavior is due to the presence of boundary effects. The findings were further supported by the probability distribution curves of the local Sherwood numbers in the packed bed, and the area weighted average of mass fraction of solute with respect to the axial coordinate of the packed bed.