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OPERATING MANNUAL FOR SPARGER DESIGN SOFTWARES

INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY MATUNGA, MUMBAI 400 019 INDIA

Correspondence : jbj@udct.org , jbjoshi@gmail.com Tel : +91 22 33611111 , +91 22 33612222

, anandvkulkarni@rediffmail.com

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Operating Manual 1

INTRODUCTION The sparger design software is based on the research work published in following articles. The following articles discuss the detail design procedure for all types of sparger for bubble column reactor and hence the design procedure is not discussed here.

1) Kulkarni, A. V., Roy S. S. and Joshi, J. B. (2007), Pressure and flow distribution in pipe and ring spargers : Experimental measurements and CFD simulations, Chem. Engg. J., 133, 173-186. 2) Kulkarni, A. V., (2009), Design of Pipe/Ring Type of Sparger for Bubble Column Reactor, Chem. Engg. Technol., 33(6), 1015-1022. 3) Kulkarni, A. V., Badgadi, S.V. and Joshi, J. B., (2009) Design of Ring and Spider type of Spargers for Bubble Column Reactor : Experimental Measurements and CFD simulation of flow pattern and weeping, Chem. Engg. Res. Des., 87 (12), 1612-1630. The selection of sparger design and type for any specified case can be found in the following articles : 1) Kulkarni, A. V. and Joshi, J. B., (2010), Design and Selection of Sparger for Bubble Column Reactor Part I : Performance of Different Spargers, Chem. Engg. Res. Des., Accepted in principle for publication. 2) Kulkarni, A. V. and Joshi, J. B., (2010), Design and Selection of Sparger for Bubble Column Reactor Part II : Optimum Sparger Type and Design, Chem. Engg. Res. Des., Accepted in principle for publication.

OBJECTIVE :

The Sparger design software is intended to enable to take decision over all the parameters involved in sparger design for bubble column reactor. Further an attempt is made while preparing the software that the practicing engineer can dispatch the design for fabrication at the end.

SOFTWARES :

This manual describes the operating procedure and the meaning of various terms used for following type of spargers :

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TABLE 1. DETAILS OF SPARGERS AND THEIR LOCATION SPARGER NAME Multiple ring 1 SPARGER DETAILS Conventional multiple ring with gas enters from side (Figure 1A) Conventional multiple ring with gas enters from center (Figure 1B) Multiple ring sparger with gas enters from side and pitch changes on each arm (Figure 1A) Ref : Kulkarni et al. (2009) Multiple ring sparger with gas enters from center and pitch changes on each arm (Figure 1B) Ref : Kulkarni et al. (2009) Conventional spider with gas enters from side (Figure 2A) Spider sparger with gas enters from side and pitch changes on each arm (Figure 2A) Ref : Kulkarni et al. (2009) Conventional spider with gas enters from center (Figure 2B) Spider sparger with gas enters from center and pitch changes on each arm (Figure 2B) Ref : Kulkarni et al. PATH OF EXECUTALBE FILE software\mring-1\mring1\distrib\mring1.exe

Multiple ring 2

software\mring-2\mring2\distrib\mring2.exe

Multiple ring 3

software\mring-3\mring3\distrib\mring3.exe

Multiple ring 4

software\mring-4\mring4\distrib\mring4.exe

Spider sparger 1

software\spider-1\spider1\distrib\spider1.exe

Spider sparger 2

software\spider-2\spider2\distrib\spider2.exe

Spider sparger 3

software\spider-3\spider3\distrib\spider3.exe

Spider sparger 4

software\spider-4\spider4\distrib\spider4.exe

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(2009) Spider sparger 5 Conventional spider with gas enters from both sides (Figure 2C) Spider sparger with gas enters from both sides and pitch changes on each arm (Figure 2C) Ref : Kulkarni et al. (2009) software\spider-5\spider5\distrib\spider5.exe

Spider sparger 6

software\spider-6\spider6\distrib\spider6.exe

Radial sparger (Figure 3) Wheel sparger Wheel type of sparger (Figure 4) Sieve plate sparger Sieve plate sparger (Figure 5)

Radial sparger

software\radialsparger\radsp\distrib\radsp.exe software\wheelsparger\whesp\distrib\whesp.exe software\sieve-platesparger\sievepsp\distrib\sievepsp.exe

NOTE :

All softwares were developed in MATLAB generated by using MATLAB

and executable files were

. All executables would run only in Windows

environment. In order to use any of these software the practicing engineer SHOULD INSTALL MATLAB Component Runtime 7.5 setup (MCRInstallation) on their computer.

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Computational Domain under Consideration

Gas inlet

Gas inlet

Arms Header

Column

Figure 1A. Multiple ring sparger with gas enters from both sides

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Computational Domain under Consideration

Arms Header

Column

Central Gas inlet

Figure 1B. Multiple ring sparger with central entry

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Computational domain under consideration

Gas inlet

Arms

Header

Column

Figure 2A. Spider sparger with gas enters from single end.

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Figure 2B-1

Computational domain under consideration

Arms

Header

Gas inlet Column Figure 2B-3

Figure 2B-2 C D

B E

Figure 2B.Spider sparger with entry from center.

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Computational Domain under Consideration

Gas Inlet

Gas Inlet

Arms Header

Column

Figure 2C.Spider sparger with gas enters from both ends.

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Arms

Column

Header Ring Gas inlet

Computational domain under consideration

Figure 3 Radial Sparger

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