Chemical hydrodynamics of a downward microbubble flow for intensification of gas‐fed bioreactors

Ansari, Manizheh; Turney, Damon E.; Yakobov, Roman; Kalaga, Dinesh V.; Kleinbart, Simon; Banerjee, Sanjoy; Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B.

doi:10.1002/aic.16002

Title: Chemical hydrodynamics of a downward microbubble flow for intensification of gas‐fed bioreactors

Abstract

Bioreactors are of interest for value‐upgrading of stranded or waste industrial gases. Reactor intensification requires development of low cost bioreactors with fast gas–liquid mass transfer rate. Here we assess published reactor technology in comparison with a novel downward bubble flow created by a micro‐jet array. Compared to known technology, the advanced design achieves higher volumetric gas transfer efficiency (k _L a per power density) and can operate at higher k _L a. We measure the effect of four reactor heights (height‐to‐diameter ratios of 12, 9, 6, and 3) on the gas transfer coefficient k _L , total interfacial area a, liquid residence time distribution, energy consumption, and turbulent hydrodynamics. Leading models for predicting k _L and a are appraised with experimental data. The results show k _L is governed by “entrance effects” due to Higbie penetration dominate at short distances below the micro‐jet array, while turbulence dominates at intermediate distances, and finally terminal rise velocity dominates at large distances. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J , 64: 1399–1411, 2018

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Ansari, Manizheh ^[1];

^[1]; Yakobov, Roman ^[1]; Kalaga, Dinesh V. ^[1]; Kleinbart, Simon ^[1]; Banerjee, Sanjoy ^[1];

^[2]

Dept. of Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York CUNY Energy Institute New York NY 10031
Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushaktinagar Mumbai 400094 India, Dept. of Chemical Engineering Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai 400019 India

Publication Date:: Fri Oct 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017

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Journal Name:: AIChE Journal

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: AIChE Journal Journal Volume: 64 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0001-1541

Publisher:: Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Ansari, Manizheh, Turney, Damon E., Yakobov, Roman, Kalaga, Dinesh V., Kleinbart, Simon, Banerjee, Sanjoy, and Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B. Chemical hydrodynamics of a downward microbubble flow for intensification of gas‐fed bioreactors.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Ansari, Manizheh, Turney, Damon E., Yakobov, Roman, Kalaga, Dinesh V., Kleinbart, Simon, Banerjee, Sanjoy, & Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B. Chemical hydrodynamics of a downward microbubble flow for intensification of gas‐fed bioreactors.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.16002

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                    Ansari, Manizheh, Turney, Damon E., Yakobov, Roman, Kalaga, Dinesh V., Kleinbart, Simon, Banerjee, Sanjoy, and Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B. Fri .  
"Chemical hydrodynamics of a downward microbubble flow for intensification of gas‐fed bioreactors".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.16002.

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@article{osti_1405215,

  title        = {Chemical hydrodynamics of a downward microbubble flow for intensification of gas‐fed bioreactors},

  author       = {Ansari, Manizheh and Turney, Damon E. and Yakobov, Roman and Kalaga, Dinesh V. and Kleinbart, Simon and Banerjee, Sanjoy and Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B.},

  abstractNote = {Bioreactors are of interest for value‐upgrading of stranded or waste industrial gases. Reactor intensification requires development of low cost bioreactors with fast gas–liquid mass transfer rate. Here we assess published reactor technology in comparison with a novel downward bubble flow created by a micro‐jet array. Compared to known technology, the advanced design achieves higher volumetric gas transfer efficiency (k L a per power density) and can operate at higher k L a. We measure the effect of four reactor heights (height‐to‐diameter ratios of 12, 9, 6, and 3) on the gas transfer coefficient k L , total interfacial area a, liquid residence time distribution, energy consumption, and turbulent hydrodynamics. Leading models for predicting k L and a are appraised with experimental data. The results show k L is governed by “entrance effects” due to Higbie penetration dominate at short distances below the micro‐jet array, while turbulence dominates at intermediate distances, and finally terminal rise velocity dominates at large distances. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J , 64: 1399–1411, 2018},

  doi          = {10.1002/aic.16002},

  journal      = {AIChE Journal},

  number       = 4,

  volume       = 64,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Oct 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Fri Oct 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

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journal, April 1982

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journal, July 1986

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journal, December 1983

Further contributions on the two-dimensional flow in a sudden expansion
journal, January 1997

Mechanism of mass transfer from bubbles in dispersions
journal, March 2005

Pressure fluctuations in isotropic turbulence
journal, April 1951

Description of interaction processes in agitated liquid-liquid dispersions
journal, January 1977

Further observations on the scale-up of aerated mixing vessels
journal, January 1981

Gas Holdup and Volumetric Mass Transfer Coefficient in Bubble Columns. Effects of Liquid Properties
journal, January 1973

Improved power and mass transfer correlations for design and scale-up of multi-impeller gas–liquid contactors
journal, February 2009

Mass transfer from drops and bubbles
journal, June 1960

Turbulent Flows
book, July 2012

An algorithm for predicting the hydrodynamic and mass transfer parameters in agitated reactors
journal, November 2005

Mechanism of mass transfer from bubbles in dispersions
journal, January 2005

Methanol production from steel-work off-gases and biomass based synthesis gas
journal, December 2013

Significance of Liquid-Film Coefficients in Gas Absorption
journal, June 1951

Droplet interactions in thermocapillary migration
journal, October 1993

Liquid-Phase mass transfer coefficients in bioreactors
journal, May 1992

Mass transfer in a rectangular air-lift reactor: Effects of geometry and gas recirculation
journal, October 1988

Power consumption and mass transfer in agitated gas-liquid columns: A comparative study
journal, June 1998

Bioreactor scale-up and oxygen transfer rate in microbial processes: An overview
journal, March 2009

An eddy cell model of mass transfer into the surface of a turbulent liquid
journal, July 1970

Absorption into Irrotational Stagnation Flow. A Case Study in Convective Diffusion Theory
journal, February 1970

Envisioning the Bioconversion of Methane to Liquid Fuels
journal, February 2014

Performance of confined plunging liquid jet bubble column as a gas–liquid reactor
journal, February 2001

Air–water gas transfer and near-surface motions
journal, September 2013

Effect of Blade Shape on the Performance of Six-Bladed Disk Turbine Impellers
journal, January 2000

Influence of impeller type on hydrodynamics and gas-liquid mass-transfer in stirred airlift bioreactor
journal, May 2015

Theoretical prediction of volumetric mass transfer coefficients in bubble columns for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids
journal, January 1987

Hydrodynamics and mass transfer in an upward venturi/bubble column combination
journal, June 1991

Development of microbubble aerator for waste water treatment using aerobic activated sludge
journal, July 2011

On gas absorption into a turbulent liquid
journal, September 1967

Effect of contaminants on mass transfer coefficients in bubble column and airlift contactors
journal, April 2003

Why use bubble-column bioreactors?
journal, December 1994

Review of Measuring Methods and Results in Nonviscous Gas-Liquid Mass Transfer in Stirred Vessels
journal, July 1979

On the onset of high-Reynolds-number grid-generated wind tunnel turbulence
journal, August 1996

Characterization of gas-liquid parameters in a down-flow jet loop bubble column
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High-cell-density cultivation of microorganisms
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Three-dimensional particle image velocimetry: experimental error analysis of a digital angular stereoscopic system
journal, December 1997

Some flow characteristics of a vertical liquid jet system having downcomers
journal, January 1986

Mass Transfer in an Agitated Vessel
journal, July 1973

A method for three-dimensional interfacial particle image velocimetry (3D-IPIV) of an air–water interface
journal, March 2009

Bubble Size, Interfacial Area, and Liquid-Phase Mass Transfer Coefficient in Bubble Columns
journal, January 1974

Power consumption, mixing time and homogenisation energy in dual-impeller agitated gas–liquid reactors
journal, February 2001

Hydrodynamics and mass transfer characteristics of gas–liquid ejectors
journal, July 2007

On Physically Similar Systems; Illustrations of the Use of Dimensional Equations
journal, October 1914

Turbulent mass transfer at free, gas-liquid interfaces, with applications to open-channel, bubble and jet flows
journal, June 1976

Mass transfer in gas–liquid contactors
journal, September 1999

The plane Symmetric sudden-expansion flow at low Reynolds numbers
journal, March 1993

Hydrodynamic and Mass Transfer Characteristics of Single and Multiple Impeller Hollow Self-Inducing Reactors
journal, April 2008

Gas hold-up, mixing time and gas–liquid volumetric mass transfer coefficient of various multiple-impeller configurations: Rushton turbine, pitched blade and techmix impeller and their combinations
journal, May 2003

Digital particle image velocimetry
journal, January 1991

Prediction of the gas–liquid volumetric mass transfer coefficients in surface-aeration and gas-inducing reactors using neural networks
journal, August 2003