TRIDIMENSIONAL SIMULATION OF AN EULER-EULER BUBBLE COLUMN OPERATING IN CO AND COUNTER CURRENT

This work presents a 3D Euler–Euler simulation of a bubble column including the interfacial mass transfer modelling for the aplication to innovative process of gas separation and carbons capture. The model was implemented in OpenFOAM, and co-current and counter-current operating conditions were analyzed, aiming to predict the transfer of carbon dioxide into water. The model was validated against experimental data reported in the literature, and the average results showed good agreement with the reference data, successfully reproducing both the gas hold-up and the CO2 mass fraction in water profiles