Simulation of Solvent Simulation of Solvent Extraction Processes in Extraction Processes in Annular Centrifugal Annular Centrifugal Contactors Contactors Kent E. Wardle , Kurt Frey, Brian Gullekson (student), and Candido Pereira Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division Argonne National Laboratory NEAMS Fall 2010 PI Meeting 19 October 2010
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Simulation of Solvent Simulation of Solvent
Extraction Processes in Extraction Processes in
Annular Centrifugal Annular Centrifugal
ContactorsContactors
Kent E. Wardle, Kurt Frey, Brian Gullekson
(student), and Candido Pereira
Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division
Argonne National Laboratory
NEAMS Fall 2010 PI Meeting
19 October 2010
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Simulations of Solvent Extraction Processes in Annular Centrifugal Contactors
FY10 Work
� Molecular-scale
– Development and testing of
polarizable intermolecular potential
for key extractant in fuel recycling
(TBP), preliminary liq-liq MD
� Continuum-scale
– Demonstration of multiphase Finite
Element-based (unstructured) Lattice
Boltzmann Method (FELBM) for
annular mixer geometry
– Equipment-scale simulations of 3-
phase liquid-liquid-air flow in annular
centrifugal contactor using
OpenFOAM
Provide computational tools for detailed simulation of unit operations with the aim of
Goal:Goal: providing a pathway for prediction of stage efficiency for given conditions and a means
of developing lower fidelity models for plant-level unit operations
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Simulations of Solvent Extraction Processes in Annular Centrifugal Contactors
FY10 Work
� Molecular-scale
– Development and testing of
polarizable intermolecular potential
for key extractant in fuel recycling
(TBP), preliminary liq-liq MD
� Continuum-scale
– Demonstration of multiphase Finite
Element-based (unstructured) Lattice
Boltzmann Method (FELBM) for
annular mixer geometry
–– EquipmentEquipment--scale simulations of 3scale simulations of 3--
phase liquidphase liquid--liquidliquid--air flow in air flow in
annular centrifugal contactor using annular centrifugal contactor using
OpenFOAMOpenFOAM
Provide computational tools for detailed simulation of unit operations with the aim of
Goal:Goal: providing a pathway for prediction of stage efficiency for given conditions and a means
of developing lower fidelity models for plant-level unit operations
K. Wardle – Liq-liq Contactor CFD – NEAMS PI Meeting 2010 4
Molecular-scale
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Predictive Molecular Dynamics (MD) using Polarizable Intermolecular Potentials
� Built a polarizable model of tributyl phosphate
(TBP) based on Drude particle method
– Massless particles with charge tethered to
atomic sites that move in response to fields
� Comparison of property predictions versus
‘standard’ model and experimental values
– Polarizable model gives excellent results ↓� Performed preliminary simulations using non-
polarizable models for water/TBP/dodecane
system as a baseline for future comparison ↗
5.6%8.541.29%3.14 ± 0.51-1.75%2.25 ±0.01
2.16%3.731 ±0.078
Polarizable
45.2%11.7555.5%4.82 ± 1.23-10.5%2.05 ±0.03
4.43%3.814 ±0.020
Non-
Polarizable
%Error
(8.09)
Dielectric
Const
%Error
(3.1)
Dipole
Moment, D
%Error
(2.29)
Diff.
Const.1,
106 cm2/s
%Error
(3.652)
Density,
mol/LModel
1 Diffusion constant was calculated from only a single time reference rather than an average over many reference times.
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Continuum-scale
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Our “Reactor(s)”
Solvent Extraction Equipment
� Packed Columns
� Pulsed Columns
� Mixer Settlers
� Centrifugal Contactors
– Small size
• Physical footprint
• Nuclear criticality
– Short residence time
• Low process hold-up
• Less solvent degradation
– High extraction efficiency
– High throughput
– Quick start-up/shut-down
• Maintain conc. profile
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Continuum-scale
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Scale-bridging Simulations using Unstructured Finite Element-based Lattice Boltzmann Method (FELBM)
� Finite Element-based Lattice Boltzmann
Method (FELBM)
– Scales well to thousands of processors, requires
only nearest neighbor info w/ no global
pressure solve
– Free-energy based method for multiphase with
dynamic contact angle
� Challenges
– LBM has better parallel scaling than traditional
CFD, but larger memory needs
– Stability can be an issue for multiphase
simulations in turbulent regime
– Not fully incompressible
� Applications
– Multiphase flow in annular mixing geometry →– Future work could focus on application to high
resolution DNS-like simulations of droplet
dynamics Vorticity magnitude of Taylor-Couette flow with a
free surface in annular mixer (radius ratio = 0.833)
Collaboration with Taehun Lee of City College of New York
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–Equipment-scale liquid-liquid-air simulations in annular
centrifugal contactor using OpenFOAM →
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Acknowledgements
� Ralph Leonard, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne
� Taehun Lee, Mechanical Engineering Dept. City College of New York
This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear
Energy, under Contract DE-AC02-06CH11357.
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