aiche 15 - cstr
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LES Simulation of Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors: Comparison to Theory and Experiment
John A. Thomas (M-Star)
Jason J. Giacomelli (PMSL)
Richard K. Grenville (PMSL)
AiChE 2015
Salt Lake City, UT
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
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Balancing throughput with mixing
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P.N. Jones, N.G. Ozcan-Taskin, M. Yianneskis The use of momentum ratio to evaluate the performance of CSTRs Chem. Eng. Res. Des., 87 (2009), p. 485
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CSTRs are everywhere, but most are not “ideal”
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P.N. Jones, N.G. Ozcan-Taskin, M. Yianneskis The use of momentum ratio to evaluate the performance of CSTRs Chem. Eng. Res. Des., 87 (2009), p. 485
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• The CSTR is an important concept in Chemical Engineering
• “The CSTR is normally run at steady state, and is usually operated so as to be quite well mixed”.
• What are consequences when this
assumption is invalid?
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CSTRs are everywhere, but most are not “ideal”
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P.N. Jones, N.G. Ozcan-Taskin, M. Yianneskis The use of momentum ratio to evaluate the performance of CSTRs Chem. Eng. Res. Des., 87 (2009), p. 485
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Exit Age Dist. [-]
Time [-]
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Traditional CFD and CSTRs
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M. Liu, Age distribution and the degree of mixing in continuous flow stirred tank reactors. Chem. Eng. Sci., 69 (2012), p. 382
Speed Age
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LBM is a proven transient CFD framework
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Strong history in the community • Jack G. M. Eggels (Shell Oil) –Initial LBM-LES simulations of Rushton turbine (1996) •Harry E. A. Van den Akker (Delft University) –Additional detail into flow physics/dissipation •Jos J. Derksen (U. of Aberdeen) –Extensions to more exotic geometries/suspensions
M-Star DMT makes LBM universally accessible • Easy-to-use • HPC-friendly • Well-validated
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Transient LES simulation using the DMT
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DPBT
=0.1 m, Djet
=0.025 m
Q=0.3 L/s, N=1 s-1
~12 million lattice points. Runtime: 10 hours on 160 cores (POD)
https://youtu.be/EeK-9hgYXd4 https://youtu.be/2wuNnayjvYE
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Measured ϴm
: 68.9 s
Predictions agree with experiment
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Jones et al. Prediction from M-Star DMT
Predicted ϴm
: 68.5 s
P.N. Jones, N.G. Ozcan-Taskin, M. Yianneskis Chem. Eng. Res. Des., 87 (2009), p. 485
Exit Age Dist.
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Tuning the system to minimize bypassing
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DPBT
=0.1 m, Djet
=0.025 m
Q=0.3 L/s, N=5 s-1
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https://youtu.be/4gMlzx9rFaI https://youtu.be/7_ELcmc-7Rs
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Jones, P.N. (2004). Doctoral Dissertation
Exit Age Dist.
The outlet data suggests minimal bypassing
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DMT predictions
𝑡/𝜏 Time,
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Testing various configurations in the DMT
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Gives same exit age distribution as top injection! But, very high transient side forces
https://youtu.be/or_e3Ok_PN4 https://youtu.be/ye0Q0eZORRM
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Easy to model time-accurate residence times
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https://youtu.be/V_KBNuAsTpo
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Easy to monitor homogenization times
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Key points and summary
CSTRs are governed by inlet velocity and rotation rate No CSTR is ideal---need to consider back-mixing Experiments often reply on exit properties, which have limited insight LBM and the DMT offer mechanistic insights into reaction chemistry Boltzmann is a bridge between experiments and CFD
• DMT is time-accurate and requires no solid meshing • DMT conserves energy and runs very quickly
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Thank you!
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Thank you!