A comprehensive CFD study on the effect of dense vertical internals on the hydrodynamics and population balance model in bubble columns

S Agahzamin, L Pakzad - Chemical Engineering Science, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, the effects of dense vertical internals (rods) on gas holdup and local gas and
liquid velocities were investigated by using the Eulerian-Eulerian model coupled with the …

Influence of the size of heat exchanging internals on the gas holdup distribution in a bubble column using gamma-ray computed tomography

AJ Sultan, LS Sabri, MH Al-Dahhan - Chemical Engineering Science, 2018 - Elsevier
The effects of the presence of the vertical internals of different sizes at a wide range of
superficial gas velocity on the overall, local gas holdup distributions and their profiles have …

Impact of heat-exchanging tube configurations on the gas holdup distribution in bubble columns using gamma-ray computed tomography

AJ Sultan, LS Sabri, MH Al-Dahhan - International Journal of Multiphase …, 2018 - Elsevier
An advanced gamma-ray computed tomography (CT) technique was used for the first time to
visualize and quantify the impacts of the presence of heat-exchanging tubes and their …

A study on the influence of the tube layout on sub-channel hydrodynamics in a bubble column with internals

F Möller, YM Lau, T Seiler, U Hampel… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, the hydrodynamics of a bubble column with vertical heat exchanger internals in
a narrow bubble column of D i= 0.1 m inner diameter with a clear liquid height of L c= 1.1 m …

Investigating the influence of the configuration of the bundle of heat exchanging tubes and column size on the gas holdup distributions in bubble columns via gamma …

AJ Sultan, LS Sabri, MH Al-Dahhan - Experimental Thermal and Fluid …, 2018 - Elsevier
The impact of dense vertical internal tubes and their configurations on the gas holdup
distributions and their diametrical profiles in pilot-scale bubble column is visualized and …

Overcoming the gamma‐ray computed tomography data processing pitfalls for bubble column equipped with vertical internal tubes

AJ Sultan, LS Sabri, J Shao… - The Canadian Journal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study identifies and addresses some major pitfalls that are involved in the visualization
and quantification of the gas‐liquid distributions and their profiles in a bubble column with …

Investigation of local gas holdup and bubble dynamics using four-point optical probe technique in a split-cylinder airlift reactor

A Ojha, M Al Dahhan - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2018 - Elsevier
A four-point optical fiber probe technique was employed in a split-cylinder airlift reactor with
an air-water system. Effect of superficial gas velocities-0.3, 1.0, 2.0, and 2.8 cm/s-was …

Influence of heat-exchanging tubes diameter on the gas holdup and bubble dynamics in a bubble column

AA Jasim, AJ Sultan, MH Al-Dahhan - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
The effects of the presence of vertical internal tubes and their diameters on the local gas
holdup and bubble dynamics, including the specific interfacial area, bubble chord length …

Hydrodynamics, mixing and mass transfer in a pilot-scale bubble column with dense internals

F Möller, C Lavetty, E Schleicher, M Löschau… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bubble column reactors with exothermic reactions are often equipped with dense tube
bundle heat exchangers. While there is some knowledge about the impact of such internals …

Two-bubble class approach based on measured bubble size distribution for bubble columns with and without internals

F Möller, R Kip**, C Lavetty, U Hampel… - Industrial & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The complex flow patterns in bubble columns can be phenomenologically described by the
two-bubble class approach. For the first time, this approach is applied to bubble columns …