Theoretical Hydrodynamic Modeling of the Fluidized Bed Photoreactor (FBP) Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD): Fluidization Conditions for TiO₂-CuO Immobilized on Beach Sand Granules

Table 4

Photoreactors’ pressure profile data obtained by CFD modeling for similar geometries.

Photoreactor type/CFD software	Specifications	Max/min gauge pressure (Pa)	Velocity profile	Ref
Rotating annular VUV reactor/ANSYS	External radius (5 cm), internal radius (2 cm), length (50 cm), wall thickness (0.5 cm), inlet tube diameter (2 cm), and exit tube diameter (3 cm)	12.40/5.20	(Horizontal)	[40]
Bubble slurry photoreactor/COMSOL	Rectangle with a width of 5 cm and a length of 11 cm. Spargers with a 1 mm pore diameter are implemented at the reactor’s bottom	1030/0.01	(Vertical)	[41]

The authors of this work illustrated the pressure profiles from the reference report.