Dissolved Oxygen Convection and Diffusion Numerical Simulation of Water and Air Mixture Flow in Circular Pipe

2011 ◽  
Vol 383-390 ◽  
pp. 6651-6656
Author(s):  
Ze Gao Yin ◽  
Xian Wei Cao ◽  
Dong Sheng Cheng ◽  
Le Wang

In Fluent, the 3-D RNG k–ε mathematical model is employed to compute water and air mixture pipe flow. The dissolved oxygen convectionaεnd diffusion model is established to simulate the concentration distribution of dissolved oxygen with user defined scalar method. Velocity, pressure and dissolved oxygen concentration are computed. Then, dissolved oxygen concentration and pressure are compared with the data of physical model, and they agree with each other approximately, showing it is valid and reliable to compute the mixture pipe flow and dissolved oxygen concentration with the model .Furthermore, under a specific condition, velocity, pressure and dissolved oxygen concentration of water and air mixture pipe flow are computed and their characteristics are analyzed.

2012 ◽  
Vol 433-440 ◽  
pp. 1920-1925
Author(s):  
Ze Gao Yin ◽  
Le Wang ◽  
Jin Xiong Zhang ◽  
Xian Wei Cao

In Fluent, the 3-D RNG k- ξ mathematical model is employed to compute the plug discharge, and dissolved oxygen convection and diffusion model is established to simulate the concentration distribution of dissolved oxygen with user defined scalar method. Velocity, pressure, turbulence kinetic energy, turbulence dissipation rate and dissolved oxygen concentration are computed. Then, velocity, pressure and dissolved oxygen concentration are compared with the data of physical model, and they agree with each other approximately, showing it is valid and reliable to compute the plug discharge and dissolved oxygen concentration with the coupled model. Furthermore, the characteristics of hydraulic factors including dissolved oxygen concentration are analyzed and generalized based on the computational results.


1996 ◽  
Vol 34 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 525-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Saldanha Matos ◽  
E. Ribeiro de Sousa

The oxygen balance in wastewater collection systems is important in respect to the degree of biological oxidation that occurs within the stream and in respect to the control of septicity and its effects. In this paper, a simple mathematical model is presented, in order to predict dissolved oxygen concentration profiles along sanitary sewers. The mathematical model was developed based on an analytical solution of the simple differential equation of dissolved oxygen balance in sewers, and includes an empirical expression for prediction of dissolved oxygen transfer to the slime layer on the pipe walls. Because the factors controlling dissolved oxygen balance in sewers are so complex, it would be unrealistic to expect, that with this rather simple model, dissolved oxygen concentrations can be accurately predicted. Nevertheless, it is reasonable to suppose that the predictions may be adequate for some design and operation purposes.


1992 ◽  
Vol 26 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 1769-1778 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.-I. Lee ◽  
B. Koopman ◽  
E. P. Lincoln

Combined chemical flocculation and autoflotation were examined using pilot scale process with chitosan and alum as flocculants. Positive correlation was observed between dissolved oxygen concentration and rise rate. Rise rate depended entirely on the autoflotation parameters: mixing intensity, retention time, and flocculant contact time. Also, rise rate was influenced by the type of flocculant used. The maximum rise rate with alum was observed to be 70 m/h, whereas that with chitosan was approximately 420 m/h. The efficiency of the flocculation-autoflotation process was superior to that of the flocculation-sedimentation process.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Chaoyue ◽  
Feng Shiyu ◽  
Xu Lei ◽  
Peng Xiaotian ◽  
Yan Yan

AbstractDissolved oxygen evolving from aviation fuel leads to an increase in the oxygen concentration in an inert aircraft fuel tank ullage that may increase the flammability of the tank. Aviation fuel scrubbing with nitrogen-enriched air (NEA) can largely reduce the amount of dissolved oxygen and counteract the adverse effect of oxygen evolution. The gas–liquid mass transfer characteristics of aviation fuel scrubbing are investigated using the computational fluid dynamics method, which is verified experimentally. The effects of the NEA bubble diameter, NEA superficial velocity and fuel load on oxygen transfer between NEA and aviation fuel are discussed. Findings from this work indicate that the descent rate of the average dissolved oxygen concentration, gas holdup distribution and volumetric mass transfer coefficient increase with increasing NEA superficial velocity but decrease with increasing bubble diameter and fuel load. When the bubble diameter varies from 1 to 4 mm, the maximum change of descent rate of dissolved oxygen concentration is 18.46%, the gas holdup is 8.73%, the oxygen volumetric mass transfer coefficient is 81.45%. When the NEA superficial velocities varies from 0.04 to 0.10 m/s, the maximum change of descent rate of dissolved oxygen concentration is 146.77%, the gas holdup is 77.14%, the oxygen volumetric mass transfer coefficient is 175.38%. When the fuel load varies from 35 to 80%, the maximum change of descent rate of dissolved oxygen concentration is 21.15%, the gas holdup is 49.54%, the oxygen volumetric mass transfer coefficient is 44.57%. These results provide a better understanding of the gas and liquid mass transfer characteristics of aviation fuel scrubbing in aircraft fuel tanks and can promote the optimal design of fuel scrubbing inerting systems.


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