Development of a Strategy for the Analysis of the Fluid Dynamic Behavior of Sieve Trays for Distillation

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Contributors

  • Jose Alfredo Paredes-Ortiz - , Universidad de Guanajuato (Author)
  • Mario Alberto Rodríguez-Angeles - , Polytechnic University of Juventino Rosas (Author)
  • Vineet Vishwakarma - , University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Author)
  • Markus Schubert - , Chair of Chemical Process Engineering, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • Uwe Hampel - , Chair of Imaging Techniques in Energy and Process Engineering (with HZDR), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • Fernando Israel Gómez-Castro - , Universidad de Guanajuato (Author)
  • Mayra Margarita May-Vázquez - , Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan (Author)

Abstract

An Eulerian-Eulerian model was applied to simulate the two-phase flow behaviour in a sieve tray column, i.e., typically used for distillation. Following grid independence, the phase fraction was simulated, which exhibit good agreement with experimental data, especially in the liquid-dominant zones of the two-phase dispersion. In the upper gasdominant dispersion regions, a slight deviation of less than 10% was observed in the gas fraction data. The results demonstrate that the proposed modeling strategy can adequately predict the fluid dynamic behaviour in tray-equipped distillation columns.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)469-474
Number of pages6
Journal Computer aided chemical engineering
Volume53
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2024
Peer-reviewedYes

Keywords

Keywords

  • CFD, Eulerian-Eulerian model, Hydrodynamics, Sieve tray, Two-phase flow