A new CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulator for an O3/UV reactor where ozone dissolved water flows under the irradiation of UV, has been developed by combining a fluid dynamics model with a complex radical reaction model. The radical reaction model used in this simulator was found to be reasonable, because the results obtained from the simulation of a completely stirred tank reactor (CSTR) system were in good agreement with the experimental results, e.g., the concentrations of total organic carbon (TOC), hydrogen peroxide and dissolved ozone obtained from a lab-scale CSTR. Furthermore, by using this CFD simulator, the distributions of substances such as hydroxyl radical (OHá) and hydrogen peroxide in the O3/UV reactor have been investigated. These distributions showed that this CFD simulator was considered to be reasonable. In addition, the simulation results suggested that conventional reactors were not optimized.
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December 01 2002
Development of a simulator for ozone/UV reactor based on CFD analysis
M. Kamimura;
M. Kamimura
1Advanced R&D Technology Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corp., 8-1-1 Tsukaguchi-Honmachi Amagasaki Hyogo 661-8661, Japan
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S. Furukawa;
S. Furukawa
1Advanced R&D Technology Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corp., 8-1-1 Tsukaguchi-Honmachi Amagasaki Hyogo 661-8661, Japan
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J. Hirotsuji
J. Hirotsuji
1Advanced R&D Technology Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corp., 8-1-1 Tsukaguchi-Honmachi Amagasaki Hyogo 661-8661, Japan
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Water Sci Technol (2002) 46 (11-12): 13–19.
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M. Kamimura, S. Furukawa, J. Hirotsuji; Development of a simulator for ozone/UV reactor based on CFD analysis. Water Sci Technol 1 December 2002; 46 (11-12): 13–19. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2002.0710
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