Electrodialysis of oxalic acid: batch process modeling

2012 ◽  
Vol 66 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Kaláb ◽  
Zdeněk Palatý

AbstractBatch electrodialysis of aqueous solutions of oxalic acid was investigated using a laboratory electrodialyzer ED-Z mini equipped with ion-exchange membranes Ralex-AMH-PES and Ralex-CMHPES (Mega, Stráž pod Ralskem, Czech Republic). The paper presents a mathematical model which enables to predict changes in the oxalic acid concentrations in the diluate and concentrate compartments during the electrodialysis process under various conditions specified by combinations of the initial acid concentrations with current densities. The calculation proved a good agreement between the developed model and the experimental results.

Author(s):  
Victorita Radulescu

Abstract The thermal pollution, with major effects on the water quality degradation by any process involving the temperature transfer, represents nowadays a major concern for the entire scientific world. The turbulent heat and the mass transfer have an essential role in the processes of thermal pollution, mainly in problems associated with the transport of hot fluids in long heating pipes, thermal flows associated with big thermo-electric power plants, etc. In the last decades, the problems of the turbulent heat and mass transfer were analyzed for different dedicated applications. The present paper, in the first part, estimates the universal law of the velocity distribution near a solid wall, with a specific interpretation of the fluid viscosity, valid for all types of flows. Most of the scientific researches associate nowadays both the turbulent heat and the mass transfer with the Prandtl number. In the turbulent fluid flow near a solid and rigid surface, there are three flowing domains, laminar, transient, and fully turbulent, each one with its characteristics. In this paper, it is assumed that the friction effort at the wall remains valid at any distance from the wall, but with different forms associated with the dynamic viscosity. By using the superposition of the molecular and turbulent viscosity and by creating the interdependence between the molecular and turbulent transfer coefficients is estimated the mathematical model of the velocity profile for the fluid flow and temperature distribution. Three supplementary hypotheses have been assumed to estimate the dependence between the laminar and thermal sub-layer and the hydrodynamic sub-layer. The theoretical obtained distribution was compared with some experimental results from the literature and it was observed there is a good agreement between them; the differences are smaller than 3%. In the second part of the paper is determined the temperature field for a fluid flowing also in presence of the solid surfaces with different temperatures, associated not only with the Prandtl number but also with the fluid viscosity and its dependence with the temperature, correlated with the Grashoff number. In the next paragraph is used the concept of the laminar substrate with different thicknesses for the hydrodynamic flows with thermal transfer to the solid walls, and also the inverse transfer from the solid walls affecting the fluid flow and the mass transfer. The obtained mathematical model is correlated with the semi-empirical data from the literature. By numerical modeling, the obtained results were compared with the experimental measurements and it was determined the dependence between the Stanton number and the Prandtl number. The numerical results demonstrate a good agreement with the experimental results in a wide range of the Prandtl numbers from 0.5 to 3000. Finally, are mentioned some conclusions and references.


2013 ◽  
Vol 726-731 ◽  
pp. 2380-2383
Author(s):  
Li Xia Li ◽  
Xin Dong Zhai

Modified bentonite was used as adsorbent for the methylene blue adsorption in a batch process. Experimental results show that the adsorption kinetics is well described by pseudo-second-order model and the equilibrium data was better represented by the Freundlich isotherm model. The results revealed that the modified bentonite has the potential to be used as a good adsorbent for the removal of methylene blue from aqueous solutions.


2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-410
Author(s):  
Zhi-Gang Huang ◽  
Yun-Xuan Weng ◽  
Nan Fu ◽  
Zong-Qiang Fu ◽  
Dong Li ◽  
...  

Abstract A mathematical model for the rotary dryer that determines the total residence time is developed. Experiments were performed in a laboratory-scale direct contact rotary dryer with the gas flowing concurrently with the solids. The model predictions depicted that the total residence time decreases with increasing the inclination of the rotary drum, the speed of rotation and the radius of rotary drum. The validation of the model was carried out experimentally for maize while varying the inclination of the rotary drum and the speed of rotation. The experimental results were observed to be in good agreement with the model predictions.


2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 605-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Bleotu ◽  
Elena Niculina Dragoi ◽  
Mihaela Mureşeanu ◽  
Sorin-Aurel Dorneanu

1991 ◽  
Vol 113 (4) ◽  
pp. 709-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. T. Tsai ◽  
A. Akers ◽  
S. J. Lin

Experimental results for a unique design of a two-spool pressure control valve were reported by Anderson (1984). The first stage is a dynamically stable flapper-nozzle valve for which a mathematical model is already available (Lin and Akers, 1989a). For the second stage, however, which consists of two parallel spools in a common body, no such model existed. The purpose of this paper was therefore to construct such a model and to compare results calculated from it to experimental values. Moderately good agreement with experimental values was obtained.


Author(s):  
Minoru Hashimoto

A poly vinyl chloride (PVC) gel actuator shows great potential for use as an artificial muscle because of such positive characteristics as movement in the air, large deformation, and being light in weight. A bending type actuator using PVC gel was studied previously. In order to construct an artificial muscle it is necessary to compose an actuator which has the characteristics of contraction type deformation. In the present paper we propose an electrode arrangement for a contraction type actuator using PVC gel. Also, we investigate the characteristics of the proposed actuator experimentally and show the effectiveness of the actuator as an artificial muscle. The experimental results showed that the contraction strain of the actuator was about 14%, the response rate was 7Hz, and the output stress was 4kPa. In order to apply the artificial muscle as a control element, we build a linear mathematical model of the electronic and mechanical characteristics. Based on the mathematical model, we design a control law of the PVC gel actuator. The control law is applied to the position control of the artificial muscle experimentally. The experimental results showed a good agreement with the simulated results using the mathematical model and an excellent performance in position control.


2019 ◽  
Vol 256 ◽  
pp. 02016
Author(s):  
Chang Xu ◽  
Hanbin Xiao ◽  
Sheng Zou ◽  
Feng Zhu

The research on digging resistances is the key to designing the grab, improving the grab’s structure and realizing the automatic flat digging of grab dredger. This article focuses on the mechanical analysis and experimental research of grab’s flat digging combining with theoretical calculation and experiments in dredging process. The theoretical digging resistances in both horizontal and vertical directions have been investigated in mathematical model. With the help of flat digging experiments, the forces on hoist rope and closing rope have been recorded. Then, work out the horizontal and vertical digging resistances based on moment balance. Since a good agreement is achieved between the theoretical calculations with the corresponding independent experimental results, the research has been verified and provides technical support for flat digging in dredging process.


2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Lara-Romero ◽  
Rafael Maya-Yescas ◽  
Fernando Chiñas-Castillo

Bodymaker lubricants are oil-in-water emulsions used as coolants in the ironing process during production of aluminium cans. Lubricants are formulated to diminish friction during ironing and to cool down the mechanical contact interface. In the present work, a methodology based on algebraic modelling of the process is proposed to select among bodymaker lubricants, featuring their tribological performance. Experimental results are obtained by "pin-and-vee" test protocol, mathematical model exhibits good agreement with experimental observations. In general, tests carried out indicate that different bodymaker lubricants exhibit different wear rates, therefore evaluation of this rate can be used as tool to discriminate among lubricants performance. At present, this approach is being successfully used by a lubricant making company to evaluate and compare the performance of commercial bodymaker lubricants.


1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (3) ◽  
pp. 540-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. S. K. Chua ◽  
M. L. Tay

This paper presents a mathematical model for predicting the natural resting aspect of parts of regular shapes but of different sizes based on stability considerations. The objective of this model is to facilitate the design of effective and efficient orientating devices for vibratory bowl feeders. The results from the mathematical modelling were compared with the theoretical models and experimental results of other investigators. Good agreement was obtained.


2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-93
Author(s):  
Hamed Khanger Mina ◽  
Waleed K. Al-Ashtrai

This paper studies the effect of contact areas on the transient response of mechanical structures. Precisely, it investigates replacing the ordinary beam of a structure by two beams of half the thickness, which are joined by bolts. The response of these beams is controlled by adjusting the tightening of the connecting bolts and hence changing the magnitude of the induced frictional force between the two beams which affect the beams damping capacity. A cantilever of two beams joined together by bolts has been investigated numerically and experimentally. The numerical analysis was performed using ANSYS-Workbench version 17.2. A good agreement between the numerical and experimental results has been obtained. In general, results showed that the two beams vibrate independently when the bolts were loosed and the structure stiffness is about 20 N/m and the damping ratio is about 0.008. With increasing the bolts tightening, the stiffness and the damping ratio of the structure were also increased till they reach their maximum values when the tightening force equals to 8330 N, where the structure now has stiffness equals to 88 N/m and the damping ratio is about 0.062. Beyond this force value, increasing the bolts tightening has no effect on stiffness of the structure while the damping ratio is decreased until it returned to 0.008 when the bolts tightening becomes immense and the beams behave as one beam of double thickness.


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