Origin of pressure fluctuations in an internal-loop airlift reactor and its application in flow regime detection

2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 1009-1018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Hui Zhang ◽  
Xingang Li
Keyword(s):  
Flow Regime ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Airlift Reactor ◽  
Internal Loop

Flow Regime Transitions in an Internal-Loop Airlift Reactor

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 1077-1082 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.-C. Fu ◽  
L.-S. Fan ◽  
W.-T. Wu
Keyword(s):  
Flow Regime ◽  
Airlift Reactor ◽  
Internal Loop ◽  
Regime Transitions

scholarly journals On Damping and Fluidelastic Instability in a Tube Bundle Subjected to Two-Phase Cross-Flow

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joaquin E. Moran ◽  
David S. Weaver
Keyword(s):  
Flow Regime ◽  
Void Fraction ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
Damping Ratio ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Cross Flow ◽  
Phase Changes ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Fluidelastic Instability

An experimental study was conducted to investigate damping and fluidelastic instability in tube arrays subjected to two-phase cross-flow. The purpose of this research was to improve our understanding of these phenomena and how they are affected by void fraction and flow regime. The working fluid used was Freon 11, which better models steam-water than air-water mixtures in terms of vapour-liquid mass ratio as well as permitting phase changes due to pressure fluctuations. The damping measurements were obtained by “plucking” the monitored tube from outside the test section using electromagnets. An exponential function was fitted to the tube decay trace, producing consistent damping measurements and minimizing the effect of frequency shifting due to fluid added mass fluctuations. The void fraction was measured using a gamma densitometer, introducing an improvement over the Homogeneous Equilibrium Model (HEM) in terms of density and velocity predictions. It was found that the Capillary number, when combined with the two-phase damping ratio (interfacial damping), shows a well defined behaviour depending on the flow regime. This observation can be used to develop a better methodology to normalize damping results. The fluidelastic results agree with previously presented data when analyzed using the HEM and the half-power bandwidth method. The interfacial velocity is suggested for fluidelastic studies due to its capability for collapsing the fluidelastic data. The interfacial damping was introduced as a tool to include the effects of flow regime into the stability maps.

Influence of biomass on hydrodynamics of an internal loop airlift reactor

2006 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Juraščík ◽  
M. Hucík ◽  
I. Sikula ◽  
J. Annus ◽  
J. Markoš
Keyword(s):  
Aspergillus Niger ◽  
Gluconic Acid ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Biomass Concentration ◽  
Airlift Reactor ◽  
Phase System ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Internal Loop ◽  
Three Phase

AbstractThe effect of the biomass presence on the overall circulation velocity, the linear velocities both in the riser and the downcomer and the overall gas hold-up was studied in a three-phase internal loop airlift reactor (ILALR). The measured data were compared with those obtained using a two-phase system (air—water). All experiments were carried out in a 40 dm3 ILALR at six different biomass concentrations (ranging from 0 g dm−3 to 7.5 g dm−3), at a temperature of 30°C, under atmospheric pressure. Air and water were used as the gas and liquid model media, respectively. Pellets of Aspergillus niger produced during the fermentation of glucose to gluconic acid in the ILALR were considered solid phase. In addition, liquid velocities were measured during the fermentation of glucose to gluconic acid using Aspergillus niger. All measurements were performed in a bubble circulation regime. At given experimental conditions the effect of the biomass on the circulation velocities in the ILALR was negligible. However, increasing of the biomass concentration led to lower values of the total gas hold-up.

scholarly journals Continuous Neutralization of NaOH Solution with CO 2 in an Internal‐Loop Airlift Reactor

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-47
Author(s):  
Thomas Pichler ◽  
Bernd Stoppacher ◽  
Alexander Kaufmann ◽  
Matthäus Siebenhofer ◽  
Marlene Kienberger
Keyword(s):  
Airlift Reactor ◽  
Internal Loop ◽  
Naoh Solution
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