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Algal biomass harvesting using low-grade waste heat: the effect of waste heat temperature and air speed on dewatering algal suspension

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Pages 895-905 | Received 22 Jun 2021, Accepted 27 Nov 2021, Published online: 16 Dec 2021
 

Abstract

This study investigated the feasibility of evaporating water from heated algal biomass in an evaporation tank. Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analysis was performed with Ansys Fluent, and the results were verified with experiments. The results of CFD analysis showed a positive effect on the evaporation rate. As the speed of the air stream increased from 0 to 3 m/s, the evaporation rate increased from 9 to 200 mL/h. It was also observed that the temperature of the mixture of air and water vapor decreases more rapidly, but the temperature of the liquid decreases more slowly, as the speed of the air stream increases. The liquid flow is more disturbed as the speed of the air stream increases while the air streamlines are more parallel at higher speeds. Finally, as the speed of the air stream increased from 0 to 3 m/s, the liquid pressure at the bottom of the tank decreased from 270 to 140 pa. The experimental results were compared with the calculation based on the stagnant film theory and showed excellent agreement. The CFD results underestimated the evaporation rate by 10% compared with the experimental results.

Authors' contributions

REY and TG developed the CFD model and designed the experimental approach. The CFD simulation was performed by REY. Data analysis was performed by REY and TG, and the manuscript was written by both authors. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Statement of informed consent and human/animal rights

No conflicts, informed consent, or human or animal rights are applicable to this study.

Declaration of competing interest

The authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationships with other people or organizations that can inappropriately influence their work; there is no professional or personal interest of any nature or kind in any product, service and/or company that could be construed as influencing the position presented in, or the review of, this article.

Data availability

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, TG, upon reasonable request.

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