Velocity Field in the Fermenter
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Here we see an industrial scale fermenter (10 m3) equipped with four hydrofoil impellers.
A batch anaerobic yeast fermentation is modeled and visualized with Ansys Fluent.
The flow induced by the impellers is modeled using the multiple-reference frame (MRF) model.
At time 0, 5% by volume of inoculant (1.0 g-cells/l) is added on top of a liquid batch with 100 g-glucose/l.
The transport and mixing of the species and the reaction kinetics are modeled with Monod kinetics.
The animations show the evolution of the glucose, yeast cells, and ethanol mass fractions for the initial 4 minutes of the process.
Notice the concentration differences between the top and the bottom of the vessel.
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