CFD modeling of two immiscible fluids mixing in a commercial scale static mixer

Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

V. Abdolkarimi¹  H. Ganji¹ 

[1] ,Research Institute of Petroleum Industry Process & Equipment Technology Development Division Tehran,Iran

关键词: CFD;    Eulerian model;    Static mixer;    Hydrodynamics;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0104-6632.20140314s00002857

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

A Computational Fluid Dynamics model based on the Eulerian formulation for multiphase flow was developed to model the mixing hydrodynamics of two immiscible fluids in a commercial scale static mixer. The two immiscible liquids were condensate and caustic solutions and were considered as two phases that are interpenetrating each other. The aim of this study was to develop a comprehensive Computational Fluid Dynamics model for predicting the impact of hydrodynamic parameters such as length, diameter and the arrangement of the corrugated plates of a static mixer on the degree of mixing and the pressure drop of the mixture. The model has been evaluated by comparing predictions of the degree of mixing and the mixture pressure drop with the same data available for the static mixer of the desulfurization plant of the Kharg petrochemical company. It has been shown that the predictions of the developed model are well adapted to the experimental data.

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