ORCID
- Lee, Yeaw Chu: 0000-0002-0463-5586
Abstract
Existing numerical models of mixing processes in oscillatory baffled reactors (OBR) are mainly Eulerian-based. An alternative Lagrangian based methodology, Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), for predicting flow patterns and assessing mixing performance is presented in this paper. A bespoke SPH solver is developed for single phase modeling, as it is, for the first time, applied to OBR, and the results are compared with those from Eulerian modeling, i.e. Finite Volume (FV) method. SPH has successfully captured the expected flow characteristics in OBR as clearly and equally as its Eulerian counterpart, validating the SPH method. Since SPH provides historical information of individually tracked fluid packets/particles in the domain of interest, it allows for readily quantitative assessments of mixing without additional models. Two new indexes to assess mixing and plug flow efficiency have been proposed by making full use of SPH's capabilities.
DOI
10.1016/j.compchemeng.2019.02.003
Publication Date
2019-05-08
Publication Title
Computers and Chemical Engineering
Volume
124
ISSN
0098-1354
Embargo Period
2021-05-26
Organisational Unit
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
First Page
14
Last Page
27
Recommended Citation
Jimeno, G., Lee, Y., & Ni, X. (2019) 'Smoothed particle hydrodynamics – A new approach for modeling flow in oscillatory baffled reactors', Computers and Chemical Engineering, 124, pp. 14-27. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2019.02.003
