TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of fluid dynamics on enhanced biohydrogen production in a pilot stirred tank reactor
T2 - CFD simulation and experimental studies
AU - Niño-Navarro, C.
AU - Chairez, I.
AU - Torres-Bustillos, L.
AU - Ramírez-Muñoz, J.
AU - Salgado-Manjarrez, E.
AU - Garcia-Peña, E. I.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC
PY - 2016/9/7
Y1 - 2016/9/7
N2 - The effect of the flux patterns promoted by a reactor's impeller distribution on the biological hydrogen (bioH2) production by a microbial consortium was determined. The flux patterns were analyzed and characterized by the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD, ANSYSS Fluent 14.5). Two different mixing systems; predominantly axial (pitched blade PB4) or radial flow (Rushton) impellers were evaluated. Based on CFD results, four different impeller configurations were experimentally assessed to produce bioH2. The highest bioH2 productivity of 440 mL/Lh was determined with PB4 impellers, under the best configuration. In the second-best configuration, also obtained with the PB4, a bioH2 productivity of 407.94 mL/Lh was measured. The configurations based on Rushton impellers showed lower bioH2 productivity (177.065 mL/Lh average). Therefore, the experiments where the axial pumping was favored showed the highest bioH2 production as a consequence of the enhanced transfer of the bioH2 from the liquid phase to the reactor headspace.
AB - The effect of the flux patterns promoted by a reactor's impeller distribution on the biological hydrogen (bioH2) production by a microbial consortium was determined. The flux patterns were analyzed and characterized by the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD, ANSYSS Fluent 14.5). Two different mixing systems; predominantly axial (pitched blade PB4) or radial flow (Rushton) impellers were evaluated. Based on CFD results, four different impeller configurations were experimentally assessed to produce bioH2. The highest bioH2 productivity of 440 mL/Lh was determined with PB4 impellers, under the best configuration. In the second-best configuration, also obtained with the PB4, a bioH2 productivity of 407.94 mL/Lh was measured. The configurations based on Rushton impellers showed lower bioH2 productivity (177.065 mL/Lh average). Therefore, the experiments where the axial pumping was favored showed the highest bioH2 production as a consequence of the enhanced transfer of the bioH2 from the liquid phase to the reactor headspace.
KW - Computer fluid dynamics
KW - Hydrogen production
KW - Optimization
KW - Pitched blade turbine
KW - Rushton turbine
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.06.236
DO - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.06.236
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0360-3199
VL - 41
SP - 14630
EP - 14640
JO - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
JF - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
IS - 33
ER -