Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/73111
Title: A Taylor vortex photocatalytic reactor for water purification
Authors: Sengupta, T.K. 
Kabir, M.F.
Ray, A.K. 
Issue Date: 2001
Citation: Sengupta, T.K.,Kabir, M.F.,Ray, A.K. (2001). A Taylor vortex photocatalytic reactor for water purification. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 40 (23) : 5268-5281. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.
Abstract: A detailed analysis has been performed for a heterogeneous photocatalytic Taylor vortex reactor that uses flow instability to recirculate fluid continually from the vicinity of the rotating inner cylindrical surface to the stationary outer cylindrical surface of an annulus. In the present research, a detailed time-accurate computation shows the different stages of flow evolution and the effects of the finite length of the reactor in creating eddies, which results in a very high overall efficiency of photocatalytic conversion. The physical arrangement considered is such that pollutant degradation is maximized by the motion of fluid particles in a specific regime of centrifugal instability. Also provided are detailed flow structures for the chosen parameters when the reactor is started impulsively.
Source Title: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
URI: http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/73111
ISSN: 08885885
Appears in Collections:Staff Publications

Show full item record
Files in This Item:
There are no files associated with this item.

Google ScholarTM

Check


Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.