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Application of CFD for Numerical Analysis of Liquid-Liquid Mixing in T-Shape Mixer Using Ansysfluent

Version 1 : Received: 27 July 2018 / Approved: 27 July 2018 / Online: 27 July 2018 (16:43:20 CEST)

How to cite: Aliyu, A.; Marhaendrajana, T.; Bindar, Y. Application of CFD for Numerical Analysis of Liquid-Liquid Mixing in T-Shape Mixer Using Ansysfluent. Preprints 2018, 2018070548. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201807.0548.v1 Aliyu, A.; Marhaendrajana, T.; Bindar, Y. Application of CFD for Numerical Analysis of Liquid-Liquid Mixing in T-Shape Mixer Using Ansysfluent. Preprints 2018, 2018070548. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201807.0548.v1

Abstract

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has, in the last decade, being an essential problem solving tool in industries such as pharmaceutical, pulp, petrochemical as well as Oil and Gas processing. The use of CFD for mixer design is unpopular in many countries in Africa. Therefore, this study investigates the characteristics of Brine-Surfactant mixing in a horizontal pipeline using CFD. The CFD is conducted by AnsysFluent software (licensed). A T-junction pipe is created and meshed with unstructured tetrahedral elements using design modeler. Discretization is done by Finite Volume Method (FVM), cell-centered scheme with Second-Order Upwind Scheme. The pressure term is introduced into the continuity equation by SIMPLE (Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure Linked Equations) algorithm. The kinetic epsilon model, also known as k-e model is administered to define the properties of the fluid and geometry, such as velocity, species mole fraction, pipe diameter. The boundary conditions is selected based on filed data. The rate of fluid flow in the primary region is 650 bbl/day at 400psi in 4in diameter pipeline, which is 100m long. The numerical simulation was based upon the governing equations such s continuity, Navier’s stoke, energy as well as specie transport equations. The findings shows that higher concentration results in increased mixing time, while 2% conc. of surfactant reaches homogeneity in 20 minutes at 72 meters of the pipe length. The result validated with field detail and the empirical result from literature, and is consistent. This study provide insight on industrial mixer design, chemical injection system, as well as gas pipeline design and optimization, especially in multiphase scale transport.

Keywords

CFD, Pipeline, Liquid-liquid Mixing

Subject

Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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