A Model for the Fate of a Gas Bubble Interacting with a Wire Mesh.

ABSTRACT: In the concept of a microstructured bubble column reactor, microstructuring of the catalyst carrier is realized by introducing a static mesh of thin wires coated with catalyst inside the column. Meanwhile, the wires also serve the purpose of cutting the bubbles, which in turn results in high interfacial area and enhanced interface hydrodynamics. However, there are no models that can predict the fate of bubbles (cut/stuck) passing through these wires, thus making the reactor optimization difficult. In this work, based on several typical bubble-wire interacting configurations, we analyze the outcomes by applying the energy balance of the bubble focusing on buoyancy and surface tension. Two limiting cases of viscosity, corresponding to the ability of the bubble to reconfigure into the lowest

SUBMITTER: Subburaj R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10655082 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature