Numerical Study of a Liquid-Liquid Slug Flow in a Capillary Microreactor

被引:9
作者
Dittmar, Ina [1 ]
Ehrhard, Peter [1 ]
机构
[1] TU Dortmund, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany
关键词
Capillary microreactor; Euler-Lagrange method; Finite volume method; Free-interface flows; Level set method; Particle movement; REACTORS; INTENSIFICATION; FLUID;
D O I
10.1002/cite.201200141
中图分类号
TQ [化学工业];
学科分类号
0817 ;
摘要
The hydrodynamics of a liquid-liquid slug flow in a capillary microreactor is characterized by a complex vortex structure in both the disperse and the continuous phase. In order to study the complex flow physics of this two-phase liquid-liquid system, a finite-volume method is engaged, in combination with a modified level set method for the representation of the interface. The movement of small catalytic converter particles is additionally captured by means of an Euler-Lagrange method. The catalytic converter particles appear to perfectly follow the streamlines as long as gravitational forces are neglected. In presence of gravity, though, a relative movement of fluid and particles is observed.
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页码:1612 / 1618
页数:7
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