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  • Chemical Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Modeling

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  • Bubble column reactors (BCRs) are vital in chemical industries.
  • Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models require parameter adjustments for accurate simulation of BCRs.
  • Wall pressure fluctuations offer a potential avenue for developing improved closure models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the use of wall pressure fluctuations for developing closure models in BCR simulations.
  • To enhance the accuracy of CFD models by anchoring them to real-world reactor data.

Main Methods:

  • Simulated a bubble column reactor using three-dimensional transient Euler-Euler models.
  • Determined interphase drag parameters (C_D/d_B) by matching simulated gas holdup with experimental data.
  • Trained an artificial neural network (ANN) to correlate experimental wall pressure fluctuations with drag parameters.

Main Results:

  • The hybrid ANN model achieved high accuracy (R^2 = 0.99) in predicting drag parameters.
  • The wall pressure fluctuation-based approach accurately captured the influence of gas velocity on gas holdup.
  • The method showed success in simulating the effect of ethanol concentration on gas holdup.

Conclusions:

  • Combining wall pressure fluctuations with machine learning is a feasible approach for estimating crucial CFD model parameters.
  • This method significantly improves the anchoring of CFD models to real-world bubble column reactor systems.
  • The findings provide a robust foundation for advancing CFD simulations in industrial applications.