Verification and validation of CFD simulations for local flow dynamics in a draft tube airlift bioreactor

Airlift reactors have been recognized as one of the promising photobioreactors for biomass/bio-energy production, where mixing has significant impact on the reactor performance. In recent years, using CFD simulations to track microorganism cells and to generate their trajectories in the reactor for...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chemical engineering science Jg. 66; H. 5; S. 907 - 923
Hauptverfasser:	Luo, Hu-Ping, Al-Dahhan, Muthanna H.
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2011 Elsevier
Schlagworte:	Airlift column Aluminum Applied sciences Biological and medical sciences bioreactors Biotechnology CFD Chemical engineering Computational fluid dynamics Computer simulation Draft tubes Exact sciences and technology Flow dynamics Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Mathematical models Methods. Procedures. Technologies Microorganisms mixing Multiphase Others Particle tracking Photobioreactor Reactors simulation models Trajectories Various methods and equipments Walls CFD Flow dynamics Multiphase Particle tracking Airlift column Photobioreactor Airlift reactor Mixing Computational fluid dynamics Benchmarks Recirculation Biomass Modeling Design Bioreactor Production Draft tube Database Reliability Tracers
ISSN:	0009-2509, 1873-4405
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Zusammenfassung:	Airlift reactors have been recognized as one of the promising photobioreactors for biomass/bio-energy production, where mixing has significant impact on the reactor performance. In recent years, using CFD simulations to track microorganism cells and to generate their trajectories in the reactor for reactor performance evaluations becomes more common. However, there is a lack of systematic and rigorous verifications and validations of the reliability of CFD models in particle tracking against experimental measurements in the open literature, which is vital for the faithful application of CFD in reactor design and scale-ups. In this work, we attempt to evaluate the reliability of using CFD simulations to generate trajectories of microorganisms in a draft tube column photobioreactor. A computationally promising CFD simulation model based on CFX5.7 was validated against a benchmark experimental database reported in Luo and Al-Dahhan (2008a, b, 2010). This model was then used to generate typical trajectories of microorganisms in the studied airlift column, which was further validated against experimentally measured tracer trajectories. The results indicated that the CFD model reasonably predicted the recirculation of the microorganism around the draft tube, however over-estimated the cells' residence time in the wall regions. Proper treatment for the wall region such as griding and wall function is needed to better capture the movement of microorganism cells in such bioreactors.
Bibliographie:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2010.11.038 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	0009-2509 1873-4405
DOI:	10.1016/j.ces.2010.11.038