Estimation of pressure drop in venturi scrubbers based on annular two-phase flow model, artificial neural networks and genetic algorithm

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-138

  Nasseh, S ^a   Mohebbi, A ^a   Sarrafi, A ^a   Taheri, M ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Annular two phase flow; Artificial neural networks; Genetic algorithm; Venturi scrubber

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR FLOWS; ANNULAR TWO-PHASE FLOW; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; BEST MODELS; DUST COLLECTION EFFICIENCIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; HIDDEN LAYERS; LEARNING RATES; MODIFIED MODELS; VENTURI SCRUBBER;

BACKPROPAGATION; DROPS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; PRESSURE DROP; SCRUBBERS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 64549145035     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Viswanathan S., Gnyp A.W., and St. Pierre C.C. Annular flow pressure drop model for Pease-Anthony type venturi scrubbers. AIChE J. 31 (1985) 1947-1958
2. Calvert S. Venturi and other atomizing scrubbers efficiency and pressure drop. AIChE J. 16 (1970) 392-396
3. Yung S.C., Barbarika H.F., and Calvert S. Pressure loss in venturi scrubbers. J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc. 27 (1977) 348-351
4. Leith D., Cooper W., and Stephen N. Venturi scrubbers: pressure loss and regain. Aerosol Sci. Technol. 4 (1985) 239-243
5. Boll R.H. Particle collection and pressure drop in venturi scrubbers. Ind. Eng. Chem. Fund. 12 (1973) 40-50
6. Azzopardi B.J., and Govan A.H. The modeling of venturi scrubbers. Filtr. Separ. 23 (1984) 196-200
7. Azzopardi B.J., Teixeira S.F.C.F., Govan A.H., and Bott T.R. An improved model for pressure drop in venturi scrubbers. Trans. Inst. Chem. Eng. B 69 (1991) 55-64
8. Nasseh S., Mohebbi A., Jeirani Z., and Sarrafi A. Predicting pressure drop in venturi scrubbers with artificial neural networks. J. Hazard. Mater. 143 (2007) 144-149
9. Taheri M., and Mohebbi A. Design of artificial neural networks using a genetic algorithm to predict collection efficiency in venturi scrubbers. J. Hazard. Mater. 157 (2008) 122-129
10. 2 absorption in a venturi scrubber. J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc. 47 (1997) 1211-1215
11. Viswanathan S., Gnyp W.A., and St Pierre C.C. Estimating film flow in a venturi scrubber. Particulate Sci. Technol. 15 (1997) 65
12. Griffith P., and Wallis G.B. Two phase slug flow. J. Heat Transfer, Trans. ASME 307 (1961)
13. Aziz K., Govier G.W., and Fogarasi M. Pressure drop in wells producing oil and gas. JPT July-September (1972) 38-48
14. Ishii M., and Grolmes M.A. Inception criteria for droplet entrainment in two phase concurrent flow. AIChE J. 21 (1975) 308-318
15. Nukiyama S., and Tanasawa Y. Trans. Soc. Mech. Eng. Jpn 4 (1938) 86
16. Azzopardi B.J. Drops in annular two phase flow. Int. J. Multiphase Flow 23 (1997) 1-55
17. Goncalves J.A.S., Fernandez Alonso D., and Azzopardi B.J. Experimental study of hydrodynamics in venturi scrubbers with two different liquid injection arrangements. Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Two Phase Flow Modeling and Experimentation (1999), Edizioni ETS, Pisa, vol. 2 701-707
18. Bulsari A.B. Neural Networks for Chemical Engineers (1995), Elsevier
19. Allen R.W.K., and van Santen A. Designing for pressure drop in venturi scrubbers: the importance of dry pressure drop. Chem. Eng. J. 61 (1996) 203-211
20. Principe J., Euliano N., and Lefebvre W. Neural and Adaptive System-Fundamentals through Simulations (2000), Wiley
21. Gamisans X., Sarra M., Lafuente F.J., and Azzopardi B.J. The hydrodynamics of ejector-venturi scrubbers and their modeling by an annular flow/boundary layer model. Chem. Eng. Sci. 57 (2002) 2707-2718
22. Pak S.I., and Chang K.S. Performance estimation of a venturi scrubber using a computational model for capturing dust particles with liquid spray. J. Hazard. Mater. B138 (2006) 560-573
23. Haupt R.L., and Haupt S.E. Practical Genetic Algorithm (1998), John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
24. NeuroSolutions, NeuroDimension, Inc., copyright 1994-2005.
25. Hesketh H.E. Atomization and cloud behavior in wet scrubbers. Proceedings of the US-USSR Symposium on Control Fine Particulate Emissions. San Francisco (January 1974) 15-18