computational fluid dynamics modelling and experimental study on a single silica gel type b计算流体动力学建模和实验研究在一个硅胶b型.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Modelling and Simulation in Engineering Volume 2012, Article ID 598479, 9 pages doi:10.1155/2012/598479 Review Article Computational Fluid Dynamics Modelling and Experimental Study on a Single Silica Gel Type B John White School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B152TT, UK Correspondence should be addressed to John White, jxw998@bham.ac.uk Received 6 December 2011; Revised 23 January 2012; Accepted 24 January 2012 Academic Editor: Guan Heng Yeoh Copyright © 2012 John White. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The application of computational fluid dynamics (CFDs) in the area of porous media and adsorption cooling system is becoming more practical due to the significant improvement in computer power. The results from previous studies have shown that CFD can be useful tool for predicting the water vapour flow pattern, temperature, heat transfer and flow velocity and adsorption rate. This paper investigates the effect of silica gel granular size on the water adsorption rate using computational fluid dynamics and gravimetric experimental (TGA) method. 1. Introduction continuity equation. In this set of equations, an additional term is used describing the porosity distribution in order The adsorption properties of silica gel have been studied for to take into account the porous media packing geometry. many years as silica gel is used in many industries includ- To design an efficient adsorber bed, flow and temp