• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
• /
• v.48 no.3
• /
• pp.359-364
• /
• 2010

Three kinds of functional regions such as continuous slurry(${\varepsilon}_f$), bubble(${\varepsilon}_b$) and wake(${\varepsilon}_w$) regions were identified, and the individual phase holdups of each functional region were determined in a three-phase slurry bubble column of 0.152 m ID. The holdups of bubble and wake were measured by adopting the electrical resistivity probe method. Effects of gas velocity and solid concentration in the slurry phase on the individual holdups of functional regions in the column were discussed. The holdup of continuous slurry phase decreased but that of bubble or wake increased, with an increase in the gas velocity in the column. The increase of solid content in the slurry phase could lead to the increase in the holdup of continuous slurry phase but decrease in the bubble or wake holdup. The portion of wake holdup was in the range of 15~40% of the bubble holdup, which decreased with increasing gas velocity or solid content in the slurry phase. The individual holdups of three functional regions were well correlated with operating variables within this experimental conditions.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
• /
• v.50 no.3
• /
• pp.499-504
• /
• 2012

Characteristics of overall heat transfer were investigated in a three-phase slurry bubble column with relatively low surface tension media, which has been frequently encountered in the fields of industry. The heat transfer phenomena was examined in the system which was composed of a coaxial vertical heater and a proper of bubble column. The heat transfer coefficient was estimated from the measured mean value of temperature difference between the heater surface and the column proper at the steady state condition. Effects of gas velocity ($U_G$), solid fraction in the slurry phase ($C_S$) and surface tension (${\sigma}_L$) of continuous liquid media on the overall heat transfer coefficient (h) in the bubble column were determined. The mean value of temperature difference was estimated from the data of temperature difference fluctuations with a variation of time. The amplitude and mean value of temperature difference fluctuations with respect to the elasped time appeared to decrease with decreasing the surface tension of liquid phase. The overall heat transfer coefficient between the immersed heated and the bubble column increased with an increase in the gas velocity or solid fraction in the slurry phase, but it decreased with an increase in the surface tension of continuous liquid media. The overall heat coefficient in the slurry bubble column with relatively low surface tension media was well correlated in term of operating variables and dimensionless groups within this experimental conditions.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
• /
• v.47 no.6
• /
• pp.720-726
• /
• 2009

Hydrodynamic similarity was investigated in pressurized three-phase slurry bubble columns by selecting the bubble holdup and pressure drop as objective functions, for the effective design and scale-up of it. In addition, effects of operating variables on the bubble holdup with variation of column diameter were also analyzed. Gas velocity($U_G$), viscosity(${\mu}_{SL,eff}$) and surface tension(${\rho}_{SL}$) of slurry phase, density difference between the slurry and gas phases(${\rho}_{SL}-{\rho}_G$) depending on the operating pressure, pressure drop per unit length(${\Delta}P/L$), column diameter(D) and gravitational acceleration(g) were chosen as governing parameters in determining the bubble holdup and pressure drop in the column. From the dimensional analysis, four kinds of dimensionless groups were derived from the 7 parameters and 4 fundamental dimensions. Effects of dimensionless groups such as Reynolds, Froude and Weber numbers on the bubble holdup in the column were discussed. The pressure drop and bubble holdup could be predicted from the correlation of dimensionless groups effectively, which could be used as useful information for the design and scale-up of pressurized slurry bubble columns.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 2009.06a
• /
• pp.863-866
• /
• 2009

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
• /
• v.47 no.4
• /
• pp.459-464
• /
• 2009

Gas-liquid mass transfer characteristics were investigated in pressurized three-phase slurry bubble columns with variation of column diameter. Effects of gas velocity, operating pressure, liquid viscosity, solid content in the slurry phase and column diameter on the gas-liquid volumetric mass transfer coefficient($k_La$) were determined. The effects of operating variables on the mass transfer coefficient tended to change with variation of column diameter. The mass transfer coefficient increased with increasing gas velocity or operating pressure but decreased with increasing column diameter, liquid viscosity or solid concentration in the slurry phase. The increase trend of $k_La$ value with increasing gas velocity and the decrease trend of $k_La$ value with increasing liquid viscosity, tended to decrease gradually with increasing column diameter. However, the effects of operating pressure and solid concentration in the slurry phase on the $k_La$ value did not change considerably with variation of column diameter. The values of $k_La$ were well correlated with operating variables with in this experimental conditions as $k_La=0.02D^{-0.26}U_G^{0.28}P^{0.43}{\mu}_L^{-0.04}S_c^{-0.35}$.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 2010.06a
• /
• pp.111.2-111.2
• /
• 2010

삼상슬러리 기포탑 반응기의 설계 및 Scale-up을 위하여 기포탑의 직경변화에 따른 기체-슬러리 계면에서의 물질전달 현상의 Similarity를 검토하고, 기체-슬러리 계면에서의 물질전달 현상과 슬러리 기포탑 반응기의 운전변수 및 반응물들의 물성들과의 연관성을 고찰하기 위하여 삼상슬러리 기포탑의 물질전달계(System)에서 주요 파라메타를 도출하였으며, 이들 파라메터들을 이용하여 슬러리 기포탑반응기의 물질전달 Scaling을 검토하였다. 물질전달계의 주요제어인자로는 기체-액체 부피물질전달계수($k_La$), 슬러리상의 확산도($D_{SL}$), 기포탑의 직경(D), 기포탑 반응기에 유입되는 기체의 유입속도($U_G$), 기포탑 반응기 내부의 연속상인 슬러리상의 표면장력(${\sigma}_{SL}$), 슬러리상과 기체상간의 밀도차(${\rho}_{SL}-{\rho}_G$) 그리고 슬러리상의 점도(${\mu}_{SL}$)등 슬러리 상의 물성을 선정하였으며 중력가속도(g)를 선정하였다. 물질전달계의 Scling을 검토하기위하여 이를 재구성하였으며 기포탑 반응기의 구조와 직경이 변화함에 따라 이들 무차원군의 변화양상을 고찰하였다. 실험적으로 측정된 물질전달계수와 Scaling에 의해 예측된 물질전달계수를 비교 검토함으로써 본 연구의 Correlation의 적용범위를 제시하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
• /
• v.55 no.11
• /
• pp.4213-4227
• /
• 2023

Computer Automated Radioactive Particle Tracking (CARPT) technique has been successfully utilized to measure the velocity profiles and mixing parameters in different multiphase flow systems where a single radioactive tracer is used to track the tagged phase. However, many industrial processes use a wide range of particles with different physical properties where solid particles could vary in size, shape and density. For application in such systems, the capability of current single tracer CARPT can be advanced to track more than one particle simultaneously. Tracking multiple particles will thus enable to track the motion of particles of different size shape and density, determine segregation of particles and probing particle interactions. In this work, a newly developed Multiple Radioactive Particle Tracking technique (M-RPT) used to track two different radioactive tracers is demonstrated. The M-RPT electronics was developed that can differentiate between gamma counts obtained from the different radioactive tracers on the basis of their gamma energy peak. The M-RPT technique was validated by tracking two stationary and moving particles (Sc-46 and Co-60) simultaneously. Finally, M-RPT was successfully implemented to track two phases, solid and liquid, simultaneously in three phase slurry bubble column reactors.