project presentation

Hydrodynamic modeling of a bubble column reactor

Department of Chemical Engineering

session 2019-20

Submitted By:
Project supervisor: Md Sabbir 2016UCH1003
Dr. Kailash Singh (associate professor) Chhavi Agarwal 2016UCH1053
Dr. Rajeev kumar dohare (professor) Chandrika Meena 2016UCH1251

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Detailed modeling of hydrodynamics, mass transfer and chemical
reactions in a bubble column using a discrete bubble model
D. Darmana, N.G. Deen∗, J.A.M. Kuipers
Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Faculty of
Science and Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box217,
7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Conclusion
the model is able to predict the terminal rise velocity
correctly.
the model also accurately produces the bubble size
as a function of time.
key features of the model presented in this paper
is its capability to track individual bubbles in time.

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Experimental Study of Gas-Induced Liquid-Flow
Structures in Bubble Columns
S. Degaleesan, M. Dudukovic, and Y. Pan
Chemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory, Dept. of
Chemical Engineering, Washington University,
St. Louis, MO 63130
The quantitative analysis based on the Lagrangian velocity
data obtained using the CARPT technique provides insight
into the fluid dynamics of the liquid phase in 3-D cylindrical
bubble column
Disregarding the end zones, there is a statistically stationary
liquid flow pattern in the bubble columns, where a
mean liquid recirculation velocity profile can be seen.
For all column sizes and superficial gas velocities, the
inversion point of the mean liquid axial velocity profile is always
located at rrRf0.65.

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Hydrodynamics and simulation of air–water homogeneous
bubble column under elevated pressure
Bay V. Tran
Dan D. Nguyen
Son I. Ngo
Young‐Il Lim
Bongjun Kim
Dong Hyun Lee
Kang‐Seok Go
Nam‐Sun Nho

The gas–liquid Eulerian CFD model coupled with a k‐

ω turbulence equation and a PBE was presented to
investigate hydrodynamics of an air–water bubble column
under elevated pressure (P)
The BSD moved toward a smaller bubble size, as the pressure
increased.
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• Objective

1. Treatment of effluent gas in bubble column reactor using

AOP(advanced oxidation process)

2. To develop mathematical models to describe better the phenomena

taking place in a bubble column reactor.

3. Finally to simulate the model using open foam as a software supported

with computational fluid dynamics (CFDs) simulations.

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 fig:Scheme of the main processes occurring in the gas and liquid phase
for the degradation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present
in the gas stream in a bubble column by the Fenton process
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