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Fenomena Pola Aliran Fluida Pada Simulasi Reaktor Elektrokoagulasi Plate Column Berpengaduk Secara Kontinu Berbasis CFD
The volume of palm oil mill effluent (POME) continues to escalate in tandem with the rising production of palm oil in Indonesia. Consequently, there is a pressing need for alternative technologies, such as continuous stirred plate column electrocoagulation. Despite the abundance of laboratory-scale investigations, the observational capacity for flow phenomena remains constrained. CFD simulations serve as a sophisticated tool to overcome these limitations. Through this study, we seek to establish optimal design criteria for an electrocoagulation reactor by analyzing the impact of flow rate and electrode gap variations on reactor performance and by visualizing the solution profile trajectory within the reactor. A simulation was performed using ANSYS Fluent Version 16.2 64-bit on a Windows 7 system, with the standard k-ε turbulence model. The simulation underwent pre-processing, solving, and post-processing stages, after which the resultant data were subjected to analysis.
This research reveals that the optimal conditions were achieved at a flow rate of 0.4 L/min and a plate distance of 2 cm, resulting in residence times of 2.77, 4.0, and 3.88 hours, respectively. The variation in flow rate demonstrated a phenomenon where increasing flow rate led to greater turbulence. Variations in electrode distance revealed that the electrode spacing influenced the turbulence level within the reactor, with excessively large distances potentially causing a slower flow rate. Lastly, the CFD model accurately predicted the trajectory profile of the solution within the stirred plate column electrocoagulation reactor.
Keywords :Electrocoagulation, CFD, Flow rate, Distance between electrode plate
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