Energy dissipation rate

Ds E Surface diffusivity Energy dissipation rate/mass m /s or cm /s ft /h... 

Energy dissipation rate per unit mass of fluid (ranges 570 < Ns < 1420) fluid and sphere, m/s. Cq,. = drag coefficient for single particle fixed in fluid at velocity i>,.. See 5-27-G for calculation details and other applica- ... 

E = Energy dissipation rate per unit mass of fluid... 

Turbulent velocity fluctuations ultimately dissipate their kinetic energy through viscous effects. MacroscopicaUy, this energy dissipation requires pressure drop, or velocity decrease. The ener dissipation rate per unit mass is usually denoted . For steady ffow in a pipe, the average energy dissipation rate per unit mass is given by... 

Turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate density (m s ) = Turbulent viscosity (kg m sec )... 

Mersmann and Geisler, R., 1991. DeteiTnination of the local turbulent energy dissipation rates in stirred vessels and its significance for different mixing tasks. In 4th World Congress of Chemical Engineering. Karlsruhe, Germany. 

Fig. 6. Estimates of fluid energy dissipation rates in different items of bioprocess equipment...

In all of the above equations, is assumed to be constant and uniform throughout the flow field. In most items of bioprocess equipment, however, there is a spatial distribution of energy dissipation. The definition of an average or a maximum energy dissipation rate is notoriously difficult in the case of bioprocess equipment such as high pressure homogenisers, centrifuges, pumps and microfiltration units which all have complex flow fields. 

Numerous researchers have studied damage to micro-organisms during flow in pipes, (Fig. 11) [87,88] Most researchers use a Fanning friction factor, f, to calculate the energy dissipation rate for fully developed flow in tubular bioreactors and capillary flow devices. There are minor differences in the equations that are used but they are generally of the following form [89,901 ... 

Dividing Eq. (21) by the density and multiplying by the velocity gives the energy dissipation rate per unit mass. Thus ... 

A survey of the published literature indicates that the ratio of the maximum to mean energy dissipation rate in the vessel, Smax/ m can vary substantially but typically in the range 10 to 100 [85]. Recent measurements [100] of the turbulent flow properties with a range of impellers and vessel configurations indicate that the differences between the reported ratios of Smax/Cm re partly due to differences in the geometrical variables. For example, detailed factorial designs of experiments showed significant effects of impeller diameter to tank diameter ratio and off-bottom clearance to impeller diameter ratio on the value of emax/Cm-... 

The uncertainty involved in the calculation of the energy dissipation rate makes it difficult to compare experimental results reported by different researchers. For the same reasons, so far it has proved difficult to assess flow induced effects in different items of process equipment using the common basis of equal energy dissipation rate. For example. Fig. 14 shows the biological response of (SF-9) insect cells as a function of the energy dissipation rates in a capillary tube and in a mechanically stirred vessel [99]. In these plots the calcula-... 

Fig. 32. Maximum energy dissipation rates produced throughout the bursting process, plotted against bubble radius. The logarithmic scale indicates an exponential dependence of maximum stress on bubble radius for large bubbles. The slight drop in the data point for the smallest bubble as compared to the next smallest may be because of the difficulty in locating the exact place and time of the peak, due to large spatial and temporal gradients beneath the forming jet [113]...

For plant cell suspensions cultivated in shake flasks, Huang et al. [45] used the energy dissipation rate as a correlating parameter for system response. Specific power input was calculated using the empirical correlation proposed by Sumino et al. [46] and subsequently employed in other applications [47,48] ... 

It is generally agreed that energy dissipation rates in the developed flow are proportional to the quantity Uo/d, and that they are high close to the axis and decrease sharply with radius, falling to negligible values at dimensionless radial... 

Fig. 6. Variation in chain death rates with energy dissipation rate in submerged jet flow [130]...

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