CFD study of gas flow through structured separation columns packings mellapak 250.x and mellapak 250.y

0481005 - ÚT 2018 RIV CZ eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Isoz, Martin
CFD study of gas flow through structured separation columns packings mellapak 250.x and mellapak 250.y.
Topical Problems of Fluid Mechanics 2017. Prague: Institute of Thermomechanics AS CR, v. v. i., 2017 - (Šimurda, D.; Bodnár, T.), s. 171-184. ISBN 978-80-87012-61-1. ISSN 2336-5781.
[Topical Problems of Fluid Mechanics 2017. Prague (CZ), 15.02.2017-17.02.2017]
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) EF15_003/0000493
Institutional support: RVO:61388998
Keywords : CFD * OpenFOAM * structured packing * distillation, absorption
OECD category: Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)

In order to increase the size of the gas-liquid interface area and consequently the intensity of the mass transfer, the separation columns are usually lled with a geometrically complex packing. The packing highly increases intricacy of the ow in the column and also makes almost all types of hydrodynamic measurements impossible. Hence a reliable model of the ow in the complex geometry of the separation column packing is sought by the industry. We provide a CFD model for the gas ow through two types of commercial structured packings, Mellapak 250.X and Mellapak 250.Y. We validate the model on experimental data and use it to study the gas mixing capabilities of the packings.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0279407