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Experimental investigations of liquid flow in pipe with flat internal baffles

Jan Talaga and Ryszard Wójtowicz

aCracow University of Technology, Institute of Thermal and Process Engineering, Division of Industrial Equipment, Al. Jana Pawla II 37, 31-864 Cracow, Poland

 

Abstract: Liquid flow in a tubular reactor with flat internal baffles of various widths was investigated. On the basis of the laser Doppler anemometry (LDA) measurements, the main flow parameters, i.e. the mean and fluctuating velocity components and turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) were determined. The investigations demonstrated that the insertion of baffles into a pipe and a change in their width caused a generation of liquid stream whirls, induced liquid recirculation loops and intensified the flow considerably. The results can be useful in describing turbulent flow in tubular reactors with baffles and in optimising their design.

Keywords: tubular reactor – liquid flow – flow velocity – LDA measurements – tube with baffles – turbulent kinetic energy (TKE)

Full paper is available at www.springerlink.com.

DOI: 10.1515/chempap-2015-0236

 

Chemical Papers 70 (4) 477–487 (2016)

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