Center of Engineering and Multiscale modeling of Fluid flow
Bubble columns are useful processing units to contact gas and liquid for inter-phase mass transfer and chemical reactions. They have been applied in chemical, biomedical, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, waste-water treatment and other industries. Their construction is simple: a vertical column filled with liquid (mostly water) and a gas entering from bottom…
Gas solid fluidized bed is the most common solid-gas contractors in many processes like reactions, drying, coating and size separation. The unique heat & mass transfer capabilities between phases and robust mixing make fluidized bed a good candidate for many gas-solid processing units. In practical applications, they can operate in…
Two-phase stirred tanks are two phase reactors with enhanced mixing and elongated gas holdup and residence time in comparison to bubble columns. They may contain one or more sets of impellers that promote mixing force and help bubble breakage to enhance gas-liquid contact. In this tutorial, you will learn how…
You will learn how to simulate a bubble column suing OpenFAOM®. All the details on sub-models and simulation settings are presented in this tutorial. You can also see the animation of the simulation results here.
In this tutorial you will learn how to simulate a gas-solid fluidized bed using OpenFOAM® (twoPhaseEulerFoam). The tutorial also contains a complete description of physical models and available options through which you can customize your simulation. In addition, you can see the animation of this simulation here. The video is…