scholarly journals Pressure-Induced Deformation of Pillar-Type Profiled Membranes and Its Effects on Flow and Mass Transfer

Computation ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Battaglia ◽  
Luigi Gurreri ◽  
Girolama Airò Farulla ◽  
Andrea Cipollina ◽  
Antonina Pirrotta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Transmembrane Pressure ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Mass Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Pressure Losses ◽  
Fluid Compartments ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Profiled Membranes

In electro-membrane processes, a pressure difference may arise between solutions flowing in alternate channels. This transmembrane pressure (TMP) causes a deformation of the membranes and of the fluid compartments. This, in turn, affects pressure losses and mass transfer rates with respect to undeformed conditions and may result in uneven flow rate and mass flux distributions. These phenomena were analyzed here for round pillar-type profiled membranes by integrated mechanical and fluid dynamics simulations. The analysis involved three steps: (1) A conservatively large value of TMP was imposed, and mechanical simulations were performed to identify the geometry with the minimum pillar density still able to withstand this TMP without collapsing (i.e., without exhibiting contacts between opposite membranes); (2) the geometry thus identified was subject to expansion and compression conditions in a TMP interval including the values expected in practical applications, and for each TMP, the corresponding deformed configuration was predicted; and (3) for each computed deformed configuration, flow and mass transfer were predicted by computational fluid dynamics. Membrane deformation was found to have important effects; friction and mass transfer coefficients generally increased in compressed channels and decreased in expanded channels, while a more complex behavior was obtained for mass transfer coefficients.

scholarly journals Membrane Deformation and Its Effects on Flow and Mass Transfer in the Electromembrane Processes

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 1840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Battaglia ◽  
Gurreri ◽  
Farulla ◽  
Cipollina ◽  
Pirrotta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Mass Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Membrane Deformation ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Fluid Velocities ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Membrane Deformations

In the membrane processes, a trans-membrane pressure (TMP) may arise due to design features or operating conditions. In most applications, stacks for electrodialysis (ED) or reverse electrodialysis (RED) operate at low TMP (<0.1 bar); however, large stacks with non-parallel flow patterns and/or asymmetric configurations can exhibit higher TMP values, causing membrane deformations and changes in fluid dynamics and transport phenomena. In this work, integrated mechanical and fluid dynamics simulations were performed to investigate the TMP effects on deformation, flow and mass transfer for a profiled membrane-fluid channel system with geometrical and mechanical features and fluid velocities representative of ED/RED conditions. First, a conservatively high value of TMP was assumed, and mechanical simulations were conducted to identify the geometry with the largest pitch to height ratio still able to bear this load without exhibiting a contact between opposite membranes. The selected geometry was then investigated under expansion and compression conditions in a TMP range encompassing most practical applications. Finally, friction and mass transfer coefficients in the deformed channel were predicted by computational fluid dynamics. Significant effects of membrane deformation were observed: friction and mass transfer coefficients increased in the compressed channel, while they decreased (though to a lesser extent) in the expanded channel.

Laminar Boundary Layer Development Around a Circular Cylinder: Fluid Flow and Heat-Mass Transfer Characteristics

2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Alper Ozalp ◽  
Ibrahim Dincer
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Moisture Diffusivity ◽  
Front Face ◽  
Cylinder Surface ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Mass Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Transfer Characteristics

This paper presents a comprehensive computational work on the hydrodynamic, thermal, and mass transfer characteristics of a circular cylinder, subjected to confined flow at the cylinder Reynolds number of Red=40. As the two-dimensional, steady and incompressible momentum and energy equations are solved using ANSYS-CFX (version 11.0), the moisture distributions are computed by a new alternating direction implicit method based software. The significant results, highlighting the influence of blockage (β=0.200–0.800) on the flow and heat transfer mechanism and clarifying the combined roles of β and moisture diffusivity (D=1×10−8–1×10−5 m2/s) on the mass transfer behavior, are obtained for practical applications. It is shown that the blockage augments the friction coefficients (Cf) and Nusselt numbers (Nu) on the complete cylinder surface, where the average Nu are evaluated as Nuave=3.66, 4.05, 4.97, and 6.51 for β=0.200, 0.333, 0.571, and 0.800. Moreover, the blockage shifts separation (θs) and maximum Cf locations (θCf−max) downstream to the positions of θs=54.10, 50.20, 41.98, and 37.30 deg and θCf−max=51.5, 53.4, 74.9, and 85.4 deg. The highest blockage of β=0.800 encourages the downstream backward velocity values, which as a consequence disturbs the boundary layer and weakens the fluid-solid contact. The center and average moisture contents differ significantly at the beginning of drying process, but in the last 5% of the drying period they vary only by 1.6%. Additionally, higher blockage augments mass transfer coefficients (hm) on the overall cylinder surface; however, the growing rate of back face mass transfer coefficients (hm−bf) is dominant to that of the front face values (hm−ff), with the interpreting ratios of h¯m−bf/h¯m=0.50 and 0.57 and h¯m−ff/h¯m=1.50 and 1.43 for β=0.200 and 0.800.

Murphree vapor efficiency prediction in SCC columns by computational fluid dynamics analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mortaza Zivdar ◽  
Nasim Shahrouei
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Experimental Data ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Radial Distance ◽  
Dynamics Analysis ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Mass Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis

Abstract The spinning cone columns (SCC) are one of the distillation columns with increasing applications in food industries. The geometrical complexity and different flow regimes, besides the presence of moving parts, make the design and analysis of these columns challenging. Computational fluid dynamics analysis of SCC columns has shown promising results in analyzing the performance of these towers. The majority of previous works were pertinent to the air/water systems. Therefore, the application of these results to real systems is not very clear. In this study, the liquid film thickness, mass transfer coefficients, HETP, and Murphree vapor efficiency for the water/ethanol system have been predicted in a pilot-scale column. The results show that by increasing the radial distance from the axis, the thickness of the liquid film gradually decreases. This finding is also in consistent with the experimental results. The maximum thickness of the liquid film is <1 mm and is near the axis. Mass transfer coefficients in the liquid phase and in the gas phase increase slightly with increasing flow velocity and remain almost unchanged. The average values of these coefficients in the liquid and gas phases are 0.023 (s−1) and 1.21 (s−1), respectively. HETP increased with increasing gas velocity, the range of which varies between 0.092 and 0.375 m. Also, Murphree vapor efficiency at three rotational speeds of 550, 750, and 1000 rpm are predicted and compared with the experimental data. The results show that the efficiency has been decreased by increasing the strip ratio and increased by increasing the rotational speed. Minimum and maximum efficiencies obtained are 3.48 and 24.56% corresponding to strip ratio = 27.1% and RPM = 550 plus strip ratio = 9.15% and RPM = 1000, respectively. The predicted efficiencies are in a reasonable agreement (within 10.3%) with experimental data.

Henry's constants and mass transfer coefficients of halogenated organic pollutants in an air stripping packed column

1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 287-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pen-C. Chiang ◽  
Chung-H. Hung ◽  
J. C. Mar ◽  
E. E. Chang
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Methylene Chloride ◽  
Packed Column ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Chlorinated Organic Compounds ◽  
Air Stripping ◽  
Mass Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Equilibrium Partition ◽  
Henry's Constants ◽  
Chlorinated Organic

Both Henry's constants and volumetric mass transfer coefficients (KLa) of eight priority chlorinated organic compounds including 1,1-dichloroethene, methylene chloride, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, and 1,4-dichlorobenzene in an air stripping packed column were investigated in this study. The liquid and gas phase EPICS (Equilibrium Partition in Closed System) and direct calculating methods were applied to determine the Henry's constants of VOCs. The interference of co-solute on Henry's constants was also investigated. Experimental results indicated that decrease in Henry's constants of VOCs was observed in the presence of humic acid but no apparent effect on Henry's constants was detected when there was NaCl and surfactant in solution. Four different configurations of packing media including Intalox Saddle, Super Intalox Saddle, Telleret, and Hedgehog made of polypropylene were respectively packed in the air stripping tower and investigated in the study. The dependence of hydraulic loading, air-water ratio, and configurations of packing media on mass transfer coefficients of VOCs was discussed.

Transport of chlorinated hydrocarbons between sewage and sewer atmosphere

1996 ◽  
Vol 34 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 557-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bettina S. Haas ◽  
Reimer Herrmann
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Aromatic Compounds ◽  
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Mass Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Sewerage System ◽  
Mass Fluxes ◽  
Single Compound

Sewage containing volatile contaminants is a potential VOC-source in cities. Thus we tried to evaluate volatilization out of the sewerage system by measurements of contaminants in sewer gas and sewage. Our results from a medium sized town with little industry showed that sewer gas is mainly contaminated with alkanes, small aromatic compounds and chlorinated hydrocarbons. For three chlorinated hydrocarbons (chloroform, trichloroethene, tetrachloroethene) we determined mass transfer coefficients out of sewage and used these data to estimate mass fluxes from sewage and emissions out of the sewerage system for two sewer stretches. Considerable emission of chlorinated hydrocarbons from sewage, i.e. fluxes of some 10 to 100 g per m2·d, occurred only when the contaminant input via sewage was between some g and mg per litre for a single compound. For concentrations that were about 3 orders of magnitude less, emissions were negligible.

Mass Transfer in Liquid in an Apparatus with Mobile Packing. Application of a Dispersion Model

1993 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 1078-1086
Author(s):  
Zdeněk Palatý
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Empirical Equation ◽  
Dispersion Model ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Mass Transfer Coefficients

The paper deals with the mass transfer in a liquid on a plate with mobile packing. A procedure has been suggested which enables estimation of the mass transfer coefficients from experimental data considering the dispersion flow of the liquid. The results obtained from the desorption of CO2 from water are presented graphically and in the form of empirical equation.

On the convective diffusion under partial slip at wall

1989 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 967-980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ondřej Wein ◽  
Petr Kučera
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Numerical Solution ◽  
Analytic Solution ◽  
Convective Diffusion ◽  
Linear Velocity ◽  
Partial Slip ◽  
Accurate Calculation ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Empirical Formulas ◽  
Mass Transfer Coefficients

Extended Leveque problem is studied for linear velocity profiles, vx(z) = u + qz. The existing analytic solution is reconsidered and shown to be inapplicable for the accurate calculation of mean mass-transfer coefficients. A numerical solution is reported and its accuracy is checked in detail. Simple but fairly accurate empirical formulas are suggested for the calculating of local and mean mass-transfer coefficients.

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