TY - JOUR
T1 - Hydrodynamic Investigation on Deep Desulfurization of Liquid Fuel at the Microscale
AU - Al-Azzawi, Marwah
AU - Husain, Afzal
AU - Mjalli, Farouk S.
AU - Al-Wahaibi, Talal
AU - Al-Hashmi, Abdulaziz
AU - Abu-Jdayil, Basim
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Sultan Qaboos University and United Arab Emirates University for jointly funding this work (CL/SQU‐UAEU/16/02) and the Sultan Qaboos University for providing the enabling environment.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - Microscale processes offer a substantial advantage to the process industry as separation is conducted rapidly and efficiently. However, the effectiveness of the separation depends on the stability of the flow regime. Experimental and numerical analysis was carried out to characterize the flow patterns of polyethylene glycol 200 (PEG200) and diesel fuel at several flow ratios in order to achieve optimal conditions for a stable pattern. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was employed using the volume-of-fluid (VOF) model and the results were validated with the experimental data. Both experimental and numerical outcomes revealed two-phase flow patterns. These findings enable the application of the simulated module for further liquid-liquid mass transfer studies where sulfuric compounds exist as solutes in the fuel.
AB - Microscale processes offer a substantial advantage to the process industry as separation is conducted rapidly and efficiently. However, the effectiveness of the separation depends on the stability of the flow regime. Experimental and numerical analysis was carried out to characterize the flow patterns of polyethylene glycol 200 (PEG200) and diesel fuel at several flow ratios in order to achieve optimal conditions for a stable pattern. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was employed using the volume-of-fluid (VOF) model and the results were validated with the experimental data. Both experimental and numerical outcomes revealed two-phase flow patterns. These findings enable the application of the simulated module for further liquid-liquid mass transfer studies where sulfuric compounds exist as solutes in the fuel.
KW - Desulfurization
KW - Liquid-liquid mass transfer
KW - Microscale process
KW - Numerical simulation
KW - Volume-of-fluid model
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U2 - 10.1002/ceat.201900584
DO - 10.1002/ceat.201900584
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088566126
SN - 0930-7516
VL - 43
SP - 1951
EP - 1958
JO - Chemical Engineering and Technology
JF - Chemical Engineering and Technology
IS - 10
ER -