MONOPHASIC REACTION WITH A PACKED BED MICROREACTOR: CHARACTERIZATION OF MASS TRANSFER AND REACTION

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (06) ◽  
pp. 2050033
Author(s):  
YAO CHEN ◽  
XUEYE CHEN

In this paper, the monophasic catalytic reaction in the microreactor is studied. Several factors that may affect the catalytic reaction are discussed, including the pressure drop, the size of catalyst particles, and the channel structure. Finally, some important conclusions can be reached. The change of pressure drop has an effect on the reaction. For example, the C3H6 conversion rate is 62.88% when the pressure drop is 8[Formula: see text]atm, and the C3H6 conversion rate is 61.78% when the pressure drop is 11[Formula: see text]atm. The effect of the change particle radius is not obvious on the reaction. Enhancing the mixing of substances before entering the reaction domain is helpful to the catalytic reaction. There are different substances concentration in catalyst particles at different positions in microreactors. But from the surface to the inside of catalyst particles, the substances concentration has a clear change rule.

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Pao Chi Chen ◽  
Ming-Wei Yang ◽  
Yan-Lin Lai

A lab-scale packed-bed stripper containing Dixon rings was used to explore the effects of the process variables on the hydrodynamics and mass-transfer in a stripper using a mixed solvent loaded CO2. The variables are the liquid flow rate, reboiler temperature, and amine concentration, and the hydrodynamic and mass-transfer data can be determined using different models. In the case of hydrodynamics, the dimensionless pressure drop at the flooding point and the total pressure drop were explored first. In the case of mass-transfer, the correlation of the mass-transfer coefficient and the parameter importance were also observed. In addition, the number of plates per meter can be compared with the Dixon rings manufacturer. Finally, the performances of a mixed solvent and monoethanolamine (MEA) solvent were also discussed.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa-Hilda Chavez ◽  
Nicolas Flores-Alamo ◽  
Javier de J. Guadarrama

An experimental study of hydrodynamic and mass transfer processes was carried out in an absorption column of 0.252 m diameter and 3.5 m of packed bed height developed by Mexican National Institute of Nuclear Research (ININby its acronym in Spanish) of stainless steel gauze corrugated sheet packing by means of SO2-air-water systems. The experiments results include pressure drop, flows capacity, liquid hold-up, SO2composition, and global mass transfer coefficient and mass transfer unit height by mass transfer generalized performance model in order to know the relationship between two-phase countercurrent flow and the geometry of packed bed. Experimental results at loading regimen are reported as well as model predictions. The average deviation between the measured values and the predicted values is±5% of 48-data-point absorption test. The development of structured packing has allowed greater efficiency of absorption and lower pressure drop to reduce energy consumption. In practice, the designs of equipment containing structured packings are based on approximations of manufacturer recommendations.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aditi Potdar ◽  
Lidia N. Protasova ◽  
Leen Thomassen ◽  
Simon Kuhn

Designed porous milli-scale reactors with enhanced mass transfer performance and reduced pressure drop compared to conventional packed bed reactors.


2017 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 578-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zehua Guo ◽  
Zhongning Sun ◽  
Nan Zhang ◽  
Ming Ding ◽  
Jiming Wen

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Pérez Sánchez ◽  
E. J. Pérez Sánchez ◽  
R. Segura Silva

In the present work, a packed bed absorption column is designed to recover certain amounts of ethanol contained in a gaseous stream. Four packing types (50-mm metal Hiflow® rings, 50-mm ceramic Pall® rings, 50-mm metal Top Pak® rings and 25-mm metal VSP® rings) are considered in order to select the most appropriate one in terms of column dimensions, pressure drop and mass-transfer results. Several design parameters were determined including column diameter (D), packing height (Z), overall mass-transfer coefficient (Km) and gas pressure drop (P/Z), as well as the overall number of gas-phase transfer units (NtOG), overall height of a gas-phase transfer unit (HtOG) and the effective surface area of packing (ah). The most adequate packing to use for this absorption system constitutes the 25-mm metal VSP® rings, since it provided the greatest values of Km (0.325 kmol/m3.s), and ah (169.57 m-1), as well as the lowest values of both Z (0.6 m) and HtOG (0.145 m), meaning that it will supply the higher mass-transfer conditions with the lowest column dimensions. The influence of both gas mixture (QG) and solvent (mL) feed flowrates on D, Z, Km, P/Z, NtOG and HtOG was also evaluated for the four packing considered. The design methodology was solved using computing software MATLAB® version 7.8.0.347 (R2009a) (Math Works, 2009), and also Microsoft Excel®.D


2001 ◽  
Vol 40 (12) ◽  
pp. 2555-2562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew W. Losey ◽  
Martin A. Schmidt ◽  
Klavs F. Jensen

2021 ◽  
pp. 129762
Author(s):  
Lucas Chatre ◽  
Joseph Socci ◽  
Samuel J. Adams ◽  
Petr Denissenko ◽  
Nikolay Cherkasov

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