Gas-solid coexistence of adhesive spheres

In this note we investigate using basic free energy considerations the location of the gas-liquid critical point with respect to solidification for narrow attractive interactions down to the Baxter limit. Possible experimental and simulation realizations leading to a stable critical point are briefly discussed.Comment: 2 pages, 2 figures, submitte

Simulation Studies of Gas-Solid in the Riser of a Circulating Fluidized Bed

A numerical parametric study was performed on the influence of various riser exit geometries on the hydrodynamics of gas-solid two-phase flow in the riser of a Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB). A Eulerian continuum formulation was applied to both phases. A two fluid framework has been used to simulate fully developed gas-solid flows in vertical riser. A two dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model of gas-particle flow in the CFB has been investigated using the code FLUENT. The turbulence was modeled by a k-e turbulence model in the gas phase. The simulations were done using the geometrical configuration of a CFB test rig at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). The CFB riser column has 265 mm (width), 72 mm (depth) and 2.7 m height. The riser is made up of interchangeable Plexiglas columns. The computational model was used to simulate the riser over a wide range of operating and design parameters. In addition, several numerical experiments were carried out to understand the influence of riser end effects, particle size, gas solid velocity and solid volume fraction on the simulated flow characteristics. The CFD model with a k-e turbulence model for the gas phase and a fixed particle viscosity in the solids phase showed good mixing behaviour. These results were found to be useful in further development of modeling of gas solid flow in the riser

Simulasi Aliran Gas-solid-liquid Dalam Bioreator Membran Terendam

Hydrodynamics characteristic for the mixing of gas-solid-liquid in membrane bioreactorsubmerged (MBRs) and its influence on mass transfer was studied computationally at various solid concentration, incoming gas rate, and the baffle distance. Computational method was conducted by using software GAMBIT 2.1.6. for the making of the grid which represents the calculation domain and conduct the simulation using CFD software FLUENT commercial code 6.2.16. The calculation result was recorded after the iteration reach the certain convergence level.Multiphase flow in reactor was simulated with mixture model, while to model the turbulence characteristic of the flow standard k-ε model was used. The geometric system studied is bioreactor in the form of box with flat bottom, 2 baffles, submerged hollow fiber membrane and air passage at the bottom of the reactor. For the membrane modeling, it is used two approachesthat is membrane as black box and membrane as porous media. The liquid used is water, and the solid is activated sludge, and air acts as gas phase. The result indicates that gas-solid-liquid system with the nearest baffle location from the membrane cause, the liquid dispersion process goes faster, so that fluid in the tank can be mixed perfectly and it can increase the gas-liquid mass transfer rate and the flux at MBRs.The increase of the solid concentration does not significantly affect the change of gasliquid mass transfer rate and flux through the membrane, but the increase of air flow rate can increase the gas-liquid mass transfer and the flux. Porous media approach give the prediction of the gas hold up distribution more over all than black box approach. The position of baffle 9 cm from tank wall is the best position viewed from the balance between the of air flow with the circulating fluid flow. Considered from the solid distribution, double inlet MBRs is better compared to that of single inlet. Flux obtained does not show significant difference. From both approaches of the membrane model, membrane model as porous media give the simulation results closer to the experimental data

A study on gas molecule-solid surface interaction satellite experiment feasibility Final report

Feasibility of conducting gas-solid surface interaction experiments on earth satellit

Computation of the equilibrium composition of reacting gas-solid mixtures with material and energy balance constraints Status report

Equilibrium composition computed for reacting- gas-solid composite materials using material and energy constraint

Turbulence modeling of gas-solid suspension flows

The purpose here is to discuss and review advances in two-phase turbulent modeling techniques and their applications in various gas-solid suspension flow situations. In addition to the turbulence closures, heat transfer effect, particle dispersion and wall effects are partially covered

Gas-solid trickle flow hydrodynamics in a packed column

The pressure gradient and the static and the dynamic hold-up have been measured for a system consisting of a Fluid Cracking Catalyst (FCC) of 30–150 × 10−6 m diameter, trickling over a packed bed and with a gas streaming in countercurrent flow. The experiments were carried out at ambient conditions using a glass column of 25 × 10−3 m diameter. The packing material consisted of 8 × 8 × 3 mm ceramic Raschig rings, a mixture of 7 × 7 × 1 mm glass Raschig rings and 5 × 5 mm catalyst pellets and of stacked Kerapak ceramic mixing units of Sulzer, each unit 50 mm long and 25 mm in diameter. Four different gases have been tested. A correlation for the pressure gradient in the preloading region is derived based on the Ergun equation and taking into account the internal gas recirculation due to the solids trickles. The void fraction of the trickles is found to be independent of the physical properties of the gas phase. The behaviour of the GSTF-system in the preloading regime and the phenomena of loading and flooding are discussed. A correlation is given which relates the boundary between preloading and loading with the particle and gas properties and the solids flow rate