CFD analysis of mixing intensity in jet stirred reactors

• Authors: Iwona Gil , Piotr Mocek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The homogeneous stirred reactor designed for kinetic studies of the combustion of hydrocarbons with intensive internal recirculation in high temperature combustion chamber is described. The originality of our reactor lies in its construction which allows to intensively mix fuel and flue gases, measure gas temperature as well as obtain samples which can be used to investigate diffusion flames. The cylindrical construction enables to use the reactor in laboratory cylindrical electrically heated ovens. The CFD analysis of the reactors, the mixing parameters (turbulent Peclet number and mixing level) and the volume average temperature in the reactors were elaborated on the basis of the typical dimensions of classical reactors to kinetics research as well as the own reactor design. The results of the analysis allow to reveal advantages of our construction.

Keywords

EN

jet stirred reactor; kinetic; CFD modelling; reaction design

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Chemical and Process Engineering
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 33
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 397-410

Dates

published

1 - 10 - 2012

received

accepted

online

31 - 10 - 2012

Contributors

author

Iwona Gil

• Central Minning Institute, Plac Gwarkow 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland

author

Piotr Mocek

• Central Minning Institute, Plac Gwarkow 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10176-012-0035-9