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Effect of Hydrodynamic Heterogeneity on Micromixing in a Taylor-Couette Flow Reactor with Lobed Inner Cylinder
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  • Lu Liu,
  • Xiaogang Yang,
  • Jie Yang,
  • Guang Li,
  • Yanqing Guo
Lu Liu
University of Nottingham - Ningbo China

Corresponding Author:lu.liu@nottingham.edu.cn

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Xiaogang Yang
University of Nottingham - Ningbo China
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Jie Yang
University of Nottingham - Ningbo China
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Guang Li
University of Nottingham - Ningbo China
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Yanqing Guo
University of Nottingham - Ningbo China
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Abstract

Effect of hydrodynamic heterogeneity on micromixing intensification in a Taylor-Couette flow reactor (TC) with variable configurations of inner cylinder has been investigated by adoption of a parallel competing iodide-iodate reaction system. Two types of inner cylinder, circular inner cylinder and lobed inner cylinder (CTC and LTC), were used to generate hydrodynamic hydrodynamic heterogeneity for comparison of the micromixing intensification, focusing on the effects of the Reynolds number of the TC reactor, the acid concentration, and the feeding time. The Segregation index (Xs) was employed to evaluate the micromixing efficiency. It was revealed that Xs decreases with the increase of Reynolds number and feeding time but increases with the increase of acid concentration for both the CTC and LTC. However, the LTC does present a better micromixing performance at various operating conditions than that of the CTC as affirmed by both the experimental and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation results.
19 Aug 2020Submitted to AIChE Journal
02 Sep 2020Submission Checks Completed
02 Sep 2020Assigned to Editor
16 Sep 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
27 Oct 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Major
11 Dec 20201st Revision Received
17 Dec 2020Submission Checks Completed
17 Dec 2020Assigned to Editor
30 Dec 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
19 Jan 2021Editorial Decision: Accept