A CFD Simulation for Fluid Flow in a Spacer Filled Channel

Abstract:

A pervaporation simulation was used to describe the fluid flow in a spacer filled channel for trichloroacetic acid (TCA) removal from water-TCA solution. The effects of spacers on enhancing fluid flow performance were examined. The CFD simulation results suggest that the presence of spacers causes velocity fluctuation, high shear stress and high pressure drop. This work also reports that the size, shape and location of spacers influence fluid flow performance remarkably.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 557-559)
• Pages: 2253-2256
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.557-559.2253
• Online since: July 2012
• Authors: Liang Zhao, Song Lin Xu
• Keywords: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Fluid Flow, Pervaporation, Spacer

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