Title of article :
Development of Numerical Eulerian-Eulerian Model forComputational Analysis of Potential in Chemical ProcessIntensification from Trickle Bed Reactors
Author/Authors :
Khan Suri, Saadat Ullah Chemical Engineering - BUITEMS - Quetta, Pakistan , Soomro, Suhail Ahmed BUITEMS - New Campus Takatu Campus - Baleli Road - Quetta, Pakistan , Siddique, Mohammad Chemical Engineering MUET - Jamshoro - Sindh, Pakistan
Pages :
10
From page :
377
To page :
386
Abstract :
Thecomputational fluid dynamics techniques keep a paramount role by evaluating a reactorperformance. The transitory performance of a Trickle bed reactor is readily monitored from itsthree phase’s flow conditions. This research review study corresponds towards the formation ofboundaries in this Trickle bed reactors system to designate its comprehensive methodology withan optimized solution. The main paramount significance of computational fluid dynamicstechniques is to observe the validity and an effective significance of the experimental result. Thecatalyst bed is modelled with the help of dynamic and steady state models by introducing massand energy conservationequations. The Eulerian-Eulerian multiphase modelling technique isdesigned for hydro-desulfurization (HDS) and hydro-dearomatization (HDA) chemical processchange from interactive momentum models. The effect in bed porosity on the HDS reactionprocess isobserved from interactive mass transfer with solid bed condition in Trickle bed reactor.The congregated results from computational fluid dynamics codes show that wetting efficiencyincreases with increase in both hydrogen sulphide concentration and HDS conversion. Theconversion of HDS reaction decreases with increase in hydrogen disulphide (H2S) concentration atboth partially wetted and wetted bed conditions. On the other hand, there is small decrease in HDSconversion from 72% to 63.75% at H2S volumetric concentration of 0 to 8%. These observationsalso indicate that computational fluid dynamics provides random accessibility of liquid flow inTrickle bed reactor. There results also reveal that there is periodic variation in saturated liquidphase. Theregions which are close to its wall are less irrigated. These characteristics can bechanged and have effect on the reactor performance. Hence, the present review study presents theunprecedented results with high accuracy.
Keywords :
Dynamics modelling , Eulerian-Eulerian model , Chemical process intensification andWire mesh sensing technique
Journal title :
Pakistan Journal of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry
Serial Year :
2020
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Record number :
2597214
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