ChannelCOMB Device for Mesostructured Reactors and Networks of Reactors

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2023

Authors

Ricardo J. Santos (Author) FEUP; Cláudia G Silva (Author) FEUP; Isabel O. Barbosa (Author) Other; Yaidelin A. Manrique (Author) FEUP; Madalena M. Dias (Author) FEUP; Joaquim Luís Faria (Author) FEUP; Margarida S. C .A. Brito (Author) FEUP; João M. Costa (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Chemical Engineering and Technology

No. 19

Pages: 1241-1250

ISSN: 0930-7516

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Associated Projects

LA LSRE-LCM - Financiamento Plurianual 2020-2023 para a Unidade LA LSRE-LCM Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção - Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00Y-017

DOI: 10.1002/ceat.202200560

Abstract (EN): ChannelCOMB, a consecutive flow distributor, was constructed by additive manufacturing (AM) for experimental validation. The feasibility of using AM was experimentally analyzed for two techniques: stereolithography (tolerance of 50 mu m) and fused deposition modeling (tolerance of 100 mu m). For the best ChannelCOMB configuration, SLA printing shows a maximum of ca. 4 % in flow deviation, while FDM has a maximum of ca. 15 %. Thus, the SLA technique promotes better flow uniformity due to the fabrication tolerance and material permeability. The results also show that the experimental flow distribution measured for the best ChannelCOMB configuration printed by SLA can be well predicted by both computational fluid dynamics simulations and a model based on resistance analogs proposed in a previous work.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 11