Mass transfer in bubbly flows
Research goal
The project is aimed at studying the fundamentals of mass transfer in bubbly flows, inspired by industrial applications. This involves understanding the interaction between local hydrodynamic forces and mass transfer and its implications on global transport process. Experimentally, focus is placed on developing and using minimally intrusive light and radiation based techniques to study flow and concentration profiles, both at local bubble level and in a swarm of bubbles.
Figure: Airlift column with two spargers (6L/min flow) (b) gas fraction contour of flow above the sparger (marked purple in (a)) (c) Gas fraction profile along at 5 cm above sparger (green line in (b)) (d) Neutrally buoyant particles with tungsten carbide insert, to be used for X-ray particle tracking velocimetry.
Researcher
Project leader
Cooperations
Prof. Hans Kuipers (TUE)
Prof. Detlef Lohse (UT)
Prof. Martin van Sint Annaland (TUE)
Dr. Ivo Roghair (TUE)
Dr. Bert Vreman (Akzo Nobel)
Dr. Peter Veenstra (Shell)
Dr. Patrick Wenmakers (DSM)
Dr. Christoph Dittrich (SABIC)
Ir. Dirk van der Plas (Tata Steel)
Funded by
FOM-IPP