MODELING OF INTERFACIAL TRANSPORT PROCESSES IN A DIRECT-CONTACT CONDENSER FOR METAL RECOVERY |
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| Authors: | Hasmet Turkoglu Bakhtier Farouk Lei Yang |
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| Affiliation: | Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department , Drexel University , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, USA |
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| Abstract: | A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamic model has been developed to investigate the efficiency of a direct-contact metal recovery condenser as a function of the operating conditions ( droplet diameters, droplet injection rate) and overall condenser dimensions. The Eulerian-Lagrangian approach is used to model the condenser, where liquid zinc droplets are injected into a zinc vapor laden gas stream so that zinc vapor can directly condense on the droplets. The results show that there exists an optimum droplet injection rate that maximizes condenser efficiency |
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