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CFD simulation and comparison of industrial crystallizers
Author(s) -
Rane Chinmay V.,
Ganguli Arijit A.,
Kalekudithi Ekambara,
Patil Raosaheb N.,
Joshi Jyeshtharaj B.,
Ramkrishna Doraiswami
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.22078
Subject(s) - computational fluid dynamics , impeller , mechanics , draft tube , volume (thermodynamics) , turbulence , population , volumetric flow rate , mechanical engineering , engineering , thermodynamics , physics , demography , sociology
Simulation of flow patterns in eleven industrial crystallizers (standard Messo, Cerny direct contact, Swenson draft tube baffled, Swenson walker, Swenson evaporative, Oslo cooling, Oslo Krystal, APV Kestner, Batch Vacuum, stirred tank with disc turbine, and stirred tank with pitched blade impeller) have been carried out using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Population balance modelling (PBM) is coupled with CFD to obtain better results. In all the cases, the crystallizer volume was 100 liter and the power consumption per unit volume was 1 kW/m 3 . The simulation results have been presented in terms of mean velocity components, turbulent kinetic energy and dissipation rate. On the basis of the flow patterns, these eleven crystallizers have been compared for crystal size distribution (CSD). It was found that Swenson Evaporative, Krystal and Batch Vacuum provide relatively low CSD.