| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L94024/01 |
| Title: |
CFD TECHNOLOGY FOR MULTIPHASE REACTIVE PRECIPITATION PROCESS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Jones, Professor A |
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| Department: |
Chemical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
UCL |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 January 1998 |
Ends: |
30 September 2001 |
Value (£): |
215,835
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Multiphase Flow |
Particle Technology |
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| Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology |
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The design of new multiphase reactive precipitation processes is hampered by the lack of validated computational tools for integrating mass transfer with chemical reaction, crystal precipitation and agglomeration, and particle-fluid dynamics. These are the technological and scientific barriers that this project is designed to overcome.The industrial applications of precipitation of solids achieved by gas-liquid reactions are various and embrace different fields such as chemicals, pharmaceuticals and materials for which there is an increasing industrial demand on many gas-liquid reaction systems. For several years the UCL group has been working to understand and model gas-liquid precipitation processes and fluid dynamics. During this period flow dynamics have been modelled using an energy balance approach whilst application of the classical film and penetration theories coupled with the population balance has been pioneered. This accumulated understanding was essential for the new computational approach of CFD. CFX software offers a unique blend of powerful tools including: direct CAD access; highly automated geometry creation tools; multiblock structure;sliding mesh, and advanced models for turbulence, combustion, radiation and multiphase flow. This research is thus the first attempt to explore the reliability of CFD in gas-liquid precipitation modelling.
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