TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental measurement of oxygen mass transfer and bubble size distribution in an air-water multiphase Taylor-Couette vortex bioreactor
AU - Ramezani, Mahdi
AU - Kong, Bo
AU - Gao, Xi
AU - Olsen, Michael G.
AU - Vigil, R. Dennis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2015/11/1
Y1 - 2015/11/1
N2 - Experimental measurements of the volumetric liquid mass transfer and bubble size distribution in a vertically oriented semi-batch gas-liquid Taylor-Couette vortex reactor with radius ratio η=ri/ro=0.75 and aspect ratio Γ=h/(ro-ri)=40 were performed, and the results are presented for axial and azimuthal Reynolds number ranges of Rea=11.9-143 and ReΘ=0-3.5×104, respectively. Based on these data, power-law correlations are presented for the dimensionless Sauter mean diameter, bubble size distribution, bubble ellipticity, and volumetric mass transfer coefficient in terms of relevant parameters including the axial and azimuthal Reynolds numbers. The interaction between wall-driven Taylor vortices and the axial passage of buoyancy-driven gas bubbles leads to significantly different dependencies of the mass transfer coefficient on important operating parameters such as inner cylinder angular velocity and axial superficial gas velocity than has been observed in horizontally oriented gas-liquid Taylor vortex reactors. In general, the volumetric mass transfer coefficients in vertical Taylor vortex reactors have a weaker dependence upon both the axial and azimuthal Reynolds numbers and are smaller in magnitude than those observed in horizontal Taylor vortex reactors or in stirred tank reactors. These findings can be explained by differences in the size and spatial distribution of gas bubbles in the vertically oriented reactor in comparison with the other systems.
AB - Experimental measurements of the volumetric liquid mass transfer and bubble size distribution in a vertically oriented semi-batch gas-liquid Taylor-Couette vortex reactor with radius ratio η=ri/ro=0.75 and aspect ratio Γ=h/(ro-ri)=40 were performed, and the results are presented for axial and azimuthal Reynolds number ranges of Rea=11.9-143 and ReΘ=0-3.5×104, respectively. Based on these data, power-law correlations are presented for the dimensionless Sauter mean diameter, bubble size distribution, bubble ellipticity, and volumetric mass transfer coefficient in terms of relevant parameters including the axial and azimuthal Reynolds numbers. The interaction between wall-driven Taylor vortices and the axial passage of buoyancy-driven gas bubbles leads to significantly different dependencies of the mass transfer coefficient on important operating parameters such as inner cylinder angular velocity and axial superficial gas velocity than has been observed in horizontally oriented gas-liquid Taylor vortex reactors. In general, the volumetric mass transfer coefficients in vertical Taylor vortex reactors have a weaker dependence upon both the axial and azimuthal Reynolds numbers and are smaller in magnitude than those observed in horizontal Taylor vortex reactors or in stirred tank reactors. These findings can be explained by differences in the size and spatial distribution of gas bubbles in the vertically oriented reactor in comparison with the other systems.
KW - Bubble size distribution
KW - Gas-liquid mass transfer
KW - Multiphase flow
KW - Sherwood number
KW - Taylor-Couette vortex bioreactor
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cej.2015.05.007
DO - 10.1016/j.cej.2015.05.007
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:84929598047
SN - 1385-8947
VL - 279
SP - 286
EP - 296
JO - Chemical Engineering Journal
JF - Chemical Engineering Journal
ER -