WETTING PERFORMANCE AND PRESSURE DROP OF STRUCTURED PACKINGS : CFD AND EXPERIMENT
WETTING PERFORMANCE AND PRESSURE DROP OF STRUCTURED PACKINGS : CFD AND EXPERIMENT
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规整填料的润湿性能和压降:CFD 和实验
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2006
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Thermische Verfahrenstechnik
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A. Ataki;P. Kolb;U. Bühlman;H. Bart;TU Kaiserslautern;Thermische Verfahrenstechnik
The wetting performance of a structured packing element of Rombopak 4M (TM Kuhni, CH) has been studied experimentally and by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations at different liquid loads (12 4 50 m/mh) and liquids varying in their properties (surface tension, viscosity and contact angle). Dyed glycerinewater (with and without surfactant) and chlorobenzene-ethylbenzene liquid mixtures, have been used in the experiments. The experimental evaluation (spreading, wetting) was performed by optical methods. Film thickness was measured by an optical method using a sensor and the contact angle was evaluated by a CCD camera. The VOF (Volume of Fluid) model of Fluent has been used for simulation. After a first confirmation on a simple planar geometry a typical lamella has been investigated. This has been further extended to a block of lamellas representing a packing sheet. The simulations well represent the experimental findings and can be used to derive correlations for liquid hold-up and effective interfacial area at certain system and operating conditions. Additionally, the dry pressure drop is calculated separately, thus virtual experiments reveal the local hydrodynamics in complex geometries. In the presentation a comparison with simulations and experimental data will be given and correlations derived, describing the hydraulic behaviour.