Theoretical analysis of the velocity profiles in a DiaCell® cell applying computational fluid dynamics

R. Enciso, P. Espinoza, B. Frontana, J. A. Delgadillo, I. Rodríguez-Torres

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Resumen

The DiaCell® electrochemical reactor has been used in several processes such as disinfection without chorine addition, advanced oxidation processes and residual water treatment. The reactor design allows a modification of the configuration from 1 to 4 compartments, changing the effective reactor volume with separators of different sizes that are internal and parallel feed. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study of a DiaCell® reactor is needed to describe the detailed flow field and the velocity profiles at each step of the compartments. The CFD analysis is an important tool to scale up the process in a swift and efficient way. The theoretical analysis presented in this paper shows changes in the velocity profiles and flow distribution as a function of the width of the selected separators and the residence time of the cell for four different geometry configurations. The reactor configuration with two separators of 0.3 cm present the most even flow distribution. Furthermore, the analysis shows that it is possible to evaluate for each of the four different geometries where the flow is even and the section of the flow close to the electrode that it is not uniform.

Idioma originalInglés
Título de la publicación alojada27th Congress of the Mexican Society of Electrochemistry, MES 2012/5th Meeting of the ECS Mexican Section
EditorialElectrochemical Society Inc.
Páginas13-23
Número de páginas11
Edición1
ISBN (versión impresa)9781607684428
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 2013
Publicado de forma externa
Evento27th Congress of the Mexican Society of Electrochemistry, MES 2012 and 5th Meeting of the ECS Mexican Section - Toluca, Mexico, México
Duración: 11 jun. 201215 jun. 2012

Serie de la publicación

NombreECS Transactions
Número1
Volumen47
ISSN (versión impresa)1938-5862
ISSN (versión digital)1938-6737

Conferencia

Conferencia27th Congress of the Mexican Society of Electrochemistry, MES 2012 and 5th Meeting of the ECS Mexican Section
País/TerritorioMéxico
CiudadToluca, Mexico
Período11/06/1215/06/12

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