Abstract
In capillary reactors, improving radial mixing and narrowing the residence time distribution is of great importance for high selectivity and reaction performance. A well-known approach is inducing secondary flow patterns by coiling the capillary around a cylinder. To increase understanding of transport phenomena in helically coiled capillaries non-invasive 3D imaging approaches are required. In this perspective paper, we introduce X-ray-based micro-computed tomography for the investigation of dispersion of iodide in a helically coiled tube. The methodology presented here allows for the direct evaluation of radial concentration fields. By varying Dean number \(Dn\) and modified torsion parameter \({T}^{*}\), the effect of torsion and curvature on the radial concentration profile can be identified. Detailed knowledge of local radial mixing in helically coiled capillaries will help the precise prediction of reaction progress and selectivity.
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Introduction
In the context of process intensification in the chemical industry, performing processes in microfluidic devices is advantageous, especially for highly exothermic reactions, highly specialized products, or small production quantities. Continuous processes can be realized via laminar flow in simple straight capillaries. However, the flow profile is parabolic and radial mixing is solely governed by molecular diffusion [1]. Radial mixing can be improved by coiling the capillary. This approach is widely applied in the field of flow chemistry, as for the continuous production of nano-materials [2,3,4,5,6] or in viral inactivation reactors [7,8,9]. By coiling the capillary, a centrifugal force is imposed on the parabolic flow profile leading to a secondary flow pattern. Therefore, the laminar flow profile is superimposed with two counter-rotating vortices normal to the main flow direction, the Dean vortices, which were first described by Dean [10, 11]. In a helically coiled tube (HCT) the two main parameters that affect the secondary flow pattern are curvature and torsion, represented by the non-dimensional Dean number \(Dn\) (Eq. (1)) [12,13,14,15] and the non-dimensional modified torsion parameter \({T}^{*}\) (Eq. (2)) [15]. In Eqs. (1) and (2), \(Re\) is the Reynolds number, \({d}_{i}\) and \({d}_{c}\) are the inner diameter of the capillary and the coil diameter, and \(p\) is the pitch, see Fig. 3.
Increasing curvature, respectively \(Dn\) number, increases the intensity of Dean flow [16] and leads to improved radial mixing [12], a narrower residence time distribution (RTD) [17], and stabilization of the flow against turbulence [13, 18, 19]. Increasing torsion, which means decreasing the modified torsion parameter \({T}^{*}\), leads to destabilization of the flow against turbulences, reduction of the symmetry of the vortices, and broadening of the RTD [18,19,20].
Investigating transport phenomena in helically coiled tubes is still of great interest [7, 8, 21,22,23]. Especially non-invasive imaging approaches promise great insights and are crucial for the validation of numerical simulations [24]. Flow profiles were already visualized in curved tubes using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [14, 25], digital holographic particle tracking velocimetry [12], and 2D and 3D particle image velocimetry (PIV) [24, 26,27,28,29]. In this perspective paper, X-ray micro-computed tomography (X-µCT) is applied to visualize 3D concentration profiles of iodide (I−) in an HCT. X-µCT is non-invasive and offers high spatial resolutions without requiring optical access [30, 31]. Even though X-ray based computed tomography has already been successfully applied for the characterization of processes on a larger scale, among others [32,33,34,35,36,37], studies concerning its extension to the mini- or microscale are limited [31] and only very few studies concern the X-ray based investigation of mass transfer related problems [38,39,40]. Nonetheless, the proposed methodology offers great potential in gaining deeper knowledge about local radial mixing in HCTs, which is crucial for controlling reactions and their selectivity.
Results and discussion
Figure 1 shows resulting projection images and cross-sectional views of the FEP tube and the concentration field of I− at angular positions of 0°, 360°, and 540° for different total volume flow rates and pitches. The angular positions are also marked in the projection images. In the cross-sectional slices, bright voxels indicate a high concentration of I− and dark voxels indicate pure water.
It is visible from the cross-sectional voxel slices that the total liquid flow is divided into an iodide-rich and an iodide-poor region that are separated by a clear separation line. For an angular position of 0°, this separation line is horizontal for the lower volume flow rate, while it is inclined to the outside of the helix for the higher flow rate. The difference in the concentration fields resulting from \({V}_{1}\) and \({V}_{2}\) is likely to be caused by settling effects, as the KI solution (15w% KI, \({\rho }_{s}\approx 1173\:\text{k}\text{g}\,{\text{m}}^{-3}\)) is known to have a higher density (\({\Delta }{\rho }_{rel}\approx\)0.18) than pure water. The residence time between the T-junction and the reference point of the helix (see Fig. 3) is significantly lower for the higher total volume flow rate \({V}_{2}\). Here, the concentration profile at an angular position of 0° is still affected strongly by the first contact of the KI-rich liquid and the KI-poor liquid in the T-junction and the redirecting of the contacted liquids in the feed section. Between 0° and 360° the separation line becomes horizontal.
In the following, the effect of \(Re\) number on the Dean vortices, and hence the resulting radial concentration fields, is considered for \({p}_{1}=4.8\:mm\). For a given helix geometry, increasing \(Re\) is realized by increasing the total volume flow rate \(V\). Increasing \(Re\) simultaneously increases \(Dn\) and \({T}^{*}\). For the lower volume flow rate tested (\({V}_{1}=1.5\:mL\,mi{n}^{-1}\), \(Re=25\), \(Dn=6\), \({T}^{*}\)=476), I− is transported upwards almost uniformly when following the main flow direction. Dean flow does not seem to be pronounced sufficiently to disturb the natural evolution of the concentration field due to diffusion. When increasing the total volume flow rate to \({V}_{2}=7\:mL\,mi{n}^{-1}\) (\(Re=118\), \(Dn=28\), and \({T}^{*}\)=2222) the concentration field significantly differs from the concentration field obtained for lower \(Re\), \(Dn\), and \({T}^{*}\). At an angular position of 360°, the concentration field shows the effect of the Dean vortices. The upper part of the tube cross-section predominantly contains pure water, but some I− is entrained into the iodide-poor region of the cross-section, located at the tube wall. Furthermore, a higher I− concentration can be found in the direction of the centrifugal force \({F}_{z}\). The same can be recognized inversely in the lower part of the tube cross-section for the iodide-rich phase and water. This characteristic concentration field is even pronounced stronger for an angular position of 540°. In total, better radial mixing can be observed for \({V}_{2}=7\:mL\,\text{m}\text{i}{\text{n}}^{-1}\) than for \({V}_{1}=1.5\:mL\,mi{n}^{-1}\) from the reconstructed cross-sectional views. This is especially true because the residence time for higher \(V\) in the shown number of turns is significantly reduced. Figure 2 gives a qualitative impression about the separation area between the iodide rich and the iodide poor region for \({p}_{1}\) along one turn of the helix starting at an angular position of 540°. For lower \(Re\), the total fluid stream is clearly divided into the iodide rich region at the bottom and the iodide poor region at the top, both are clearly distinguished from each other by a nearly horizontal separation area. For the higher \(Re\), a distinction can be made between the separation area between the iodide rich region and a region containing an intermediate concentration of iodide at the bottom (orange) and the separation area between the iodide poor region and the intermediate region at the top (blue). The difference between the appearances of the separation areas for different \(Re\) is contributed by the fact that Dean vortices are pronounced for higher \(Re\).
The sole increase of the total volume flow rate is insufficient to distinguish between the influence of \(Dn\) and \({T}^{*}\) on the resulting local concentration fields, as \(Dn\) and \({T}^{*}\) both depend on \(Re\). Different pitches, \({p}_{1} = 4.8\: mm\) and \({p}_{2} =9\:mm\) are compared for the same total volume flow rates.
\({V}_{1} = 1.5\:mL\,{\text{m}\text{i}\text{n}}^{-1}\)and \({V}_{2} = 7\:mL\,{\text{m}\text{i}\text{n}}^{-1}\) to isolate the effect of \({T}^{*}\). For both \(Re\) tested, the cross-sectional concentration fields for \({p}_{1}\) are very similar to the concentration fields obtained with \({p}_{2}.\) However, at the higher volume flow rate (\({V}_{2} = 7\:mL\,{\text{m}\text{i}\text{n}}^{-1}\)) the concentration fields at 360° and 540° show slightly better mixing for \({p}_{1}\) than for \({p}_{2}\)with slightly more symmetrical concentration fields for the lower pitch. Additionally, it must be considered that for a higher pitch the total residence time within one turn is longer, as is the tube distance. This supports the hypothesis that higher torsion from a larger pitch leads to reduced mixing. As the effect of \({T}^{*}\) on the concentration fields is apparently low, the strong dependence of \(Re\) on the concentration fields described previously originates from the effect of curvature (\(Dn\)).
It can be concluded that both, torsion and curvature, affect the radial mixing in an HCT, as already reported in the literature [12, 13, 16,17,18,19,20]. Increasing curvature, represented by the Dean number, significantly increases radial mixing as the concentration field is affected by the secondary Dean flow pattern. Increasing torsion (decreasing \({T}^{*}\)) for a fixed \(Dn\) number only slightly reduces the effect of Dean flow on radial mixing.
Experimental
The main objective of this perspective paper is to generate a defined radial concentration profile of an X-ray contrast agent in demineralized water whose disturbance can be observed due to the effect of Dean vortices. Potassium iodide is used as the contrast agent, which, when dissolved in water, forms K+ and I− ions. Both, K+ and I−, attenuate X-rays to a significantly higher level than pure water. Thereby, X-ray attenuation by I− is higher than X-ray attenuation by K+, such that only the diffusion and dispersion of I− can be registered in X-ray imaging [39]. The pure water and water containing 15 w% KI are contacted in a T-junction (IDEX Health & Science, IDEX Corporation, Northbrook, IL) that is connected to a helically coiled tube (HCT). The HCT consists out of a Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP) tube (\({d}_{i}=1.58\: \text{m}\text{m}\), \({d}_{o}=3.2\:\text{m}\text{m}\)) that is coiled around a polylactide (PLA) support structure with a coil diameter (\({d}_{c}=28.8\:\text{m}\text{m}\)). To test the effect of torsion, the pitch of the HCT is varied (\({p}_{1}=4.8\: \text{m}\text{m}\), \({p}_{2}=9\: \text{m}\text{m}\)). The HCT is mounted into a micro-computed tomography scanner (Bruker Skyscan 1275, RJL Micro & Analytic GmbH, Karlsdorf Neuthart, Germany) that is equipped with tubes for liquid supply and removal. The KI-rich mixture is pumped using a syringe pump (LAMBDA VIT-FIT by LAMBDA Instruments GmbH, Baar, Switzerland) and pure water is pumped using a high-pressure dosing pump (BlueShadow Pump 40P, KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH, Berlin, Germany). Both pumps are placed outside the CT, see Fig. 3. Two different volume flow rates are tested, \({V}_{1}=1.5 mL mi{n}^{-1}\) and \({V}_{2}=7\:mL\,mi{n}^{-1}\), resulting in Reynolds numbers of \(R{e}_{1}=25\) and \(R{e}_{2}=118\), Dean numbers of \(D{n}_{1}=6\) and \(D{n}_{2} =28\), and modified torsion numbers 254 < T∗ < 2222. The mean dynamic viscosity (\(\overline{\eta }=0.86\:mPa\,s\)) for the calculation of \(Re\) is estimated according to data by Goldsack et al. [41]. The volume flow rate ratio of pure water and KI-rich water is 1. The total flow is monitored gravimetrically during the experiments. Scanning voltage is \(43\: kV\), the current is \(190\:\mu A\), and exposure time is \(30\:ms\). The size of the resulting X-ray projection images is (1944 × 1382) pixels with pixel size = \(18 \mu m\times 18 \mu m\).
During image acquisition, X-ray projection images are acquired for different angular positions. The resulting set of projection images is reconstructed to a 3D dataset using the reconstruction software NRecon (Bruker, Billerica, MA). The 3D data set consists of a stack of cross-sectional slices, each of which is composed of voxels, the 3D equivalent of pixels. The total size of the 3D image is (1944 × 1944 × 1382) voxels with voxel size = \(18\: \mu m\times 18\: \mu m\times 18 \mu m\). The reconstructed CT-volume is used to extract the qualitative separation areas between iodide rich, intermediate, and iodide poor region of the total fluid stream.
Summary and outlook
In this perspective paper, micro-computed tomography was successfully applied for the visualization of the concentration field of iodide in helically coiled tubes (HCT). The effect of curvature and torsion on radial mixing was studied by varying the total volume flow rate and the pitch. It was found that increasing \(Dn\) number leads to the formation of a characteristic concentration profile and enhanced radial mixing. At the same time, increasing the pitch reduces radial mixing due to Dean vortices only slightly. The presented methodology offers high potential and will therefore be systematically extended. The current investigations will be enriched with further post-processing of reconstructed voxel slices to obtain concentration profiles and robust quantitative statements about mixing quality. Additionally, more flow conditions will be tested and the effect of different liquid densities on radial mixing must be addressed in more detail. The proposed method will not only help the fundamental understanding of dispersion in HCT but also in diverse forms of passive microreactors. It can even be extended to the investigation of certain reactions, such as precipitation reactions. Finally, concentration fields obtained with the presented methodology will help in validating numerical simulations that aim to simulate and optimize microreactors with internal convective mixing.
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Abbreviations
- \(d_c\) :
-
coil diameter [m]
- \({d}_{i}\) :
-
inner tube diameter [m]
- \({d}_{o}\) :
-
outer tube diameter [m]
- \({\Delta }{\rho }_{rel}\) :
-
relative density difference between KI solution and water [-]
- \({F}_{z}\) :
-
centrfugal force [N]
- \(g\) :
-
gravity constant [m s− 2]
- \(Dn\) :
-
Dean number [-]
- \(p\) :
-
pitch [m]
- \({\rho }_{s}\) :
-
density of KI solution [kg m− 3]
- \(Re\) :
-
Reynolds number [-]
- \({T}^{*}\) :
-
modfied torsion parameter [-]
- \(V\) :
-
volume flow rate [m3 s− 1]
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We would like to thank RJL Micro & Analytic, Karlsdorf‐Neuthard, Germany, for technical support and training. Furthermore, we would like to acknowledge C. Schrömges (Laboratory of Equipment Design, TU Dortmund University, Germany) for technical advice.
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Highlights
• Dispersion of iodide in water due to Dean vortices is investigated in a helically coiled tube.
• X-ray based micro-computed tomography is applied for the visualization of cross-sectional concentration fields.
• Increase in Dean number causes the formation of characteristic concentration field normal to the main flow direction.
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Schuler, J., Herath, J. & Kockmann, N. 3D investigations of microscale mixing in helically coiled capillaries. J Flow Chem 11, 217–222 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41981-021-00161-6
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