Calcium Alginate-Based Carbon Composite Adsorbents for Lean Methyldiethanolamine Reclamation: Laboratory to Pilot Scale Testing and Validation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pravin Kannan ◽  
Pal Priyabrata ◽  
Fawzi Banat ◽  
Satyadileep Dara ◽  
Ibrahim Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metal Ions ◽  
Organic Acid ◽  
Calcium Alginate ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Fixed Bed ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Carbon Composite ◽  
Developmental Phase ◽  
Adsorption Model ◽  
Total Organic Acid

Abstract Calcium alginate-based carbon composite (CAC) adsorbents have been proved to effectively remove total organic acid anions as HSS anions, metal ions, and organic degraded products from lean methyldiethanolamine (MDEA solvents) used as solvent in natural gas sweetening unit. During the material developmental phase, the CAC adsorbent was synthesized and utilized to remove various contaminants, including heat stable salts (HSS), organic degraded products, and heavy metal ions from lean MDEA using a lab-scale adsorption setup. Based on the results, a "demo-scale" fixed bed adsorption unit was designed and simulated using adsorption model to predict breakthrough behavior. In the current work, the efficiency of the CAC adsorbent in removing HSS and total organic acid anions were investigated. Analysis of treated samples demonstrated the removal efficiency of the adsorbent under plant scale conditions. Further experiments performed at lab scale indicated the effectiveness of the adsorbent in the removal of bicine from lean MDEA samples. This work provides a framework for future testing and comprehensive process performance evaluation of adsorbents for lean MDEA reclamation in actual plant conditions. A fast, simple, and reliable scale up procedure for fixed bed adsorber developed earlier was validated through this work.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Fixed-Bed Cultures with Immobilized Lactococcus Lactis ssp. Lactis on Different Scales

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Faschian ◽  
Ilyas Eren ◽  
Steven Minden ◽  
Ralf Pörtner
Keyword(s):  
Dilution Rate ◽  
Lactococcus Lactis ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Fixed Bed ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Fixed Bed Reactor ◽  
Batch Mode ◽  
Promising Alternative ◽  
Fixed Beds ◽  
Pilot Scale Reactor

Fixed-bed processes, where cells are immobilized within macroporous carriers, are a promising alternative to processes with suspended cells. A scale-up concept is presented in order to evaluate the performance as part of process design of fixed-bed processes. Therefore,Lactococcus lactiscultivation in chemostat and batch mode was compared to fixed bed cultures on three different scales, the smallest being the downscaledMultifermwith 10 mL fixed bed units, the second a 100 mL fixed-bed reactor and the third a pilot scale reactor with 1 L fixed bed volume. As expected, the volume specific lactate productivity of all cultivations was dependent on dilution rate. In suspension chemostat culture a maximum of 2.3 g·L-1·h-1was reached. Due to cell retention in the fixed-beds, productivity increased up to 8.29 g·L-1·h-1at a dilution rate of D = 1.16 h-1(corresponding to 2.4·µmax) on pilot scale. For all fixed bed cultures a common spline was obtained indicating a good scale-up performance.

Modeling NOx Adsorption onto Fe/ZSM-5 Catalysts in a Fixed Bed Reactor

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingxing Cheng ◽  
Xiaotao T. Bi
Keyword(s):  
Circulating Fluidized Bed ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Fixed Bed ◽  
Breakthrough Curves ◽  
Axial Dispersion ◽  
No Oxidation ◽  
Fixed Bed Reactor ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Adsorption Model ◽  
Nox Adsorption

Abstract A NOx adsorption kinetic model including NO oxidation and adsorption was developed. The NOx and O2 adsorption experimental data from a fixed bed were found to be fitted well to the Freundlich type isotherm. An axial dispersion adsorption model was then developed to simulate the breakthrough curve for NOx adsorption in the fixed bed. The model parameters including mass transfer coefficient and axial dispersion coefficient were fitted from the NOx breakthrough curves measured in a fixed bed. This model can be used for design and scale-up of fixed bed NOx adsorption columns. It can also be extended for the modeling of NOx adsorption in the annulus region of the circulating fluidized bed reactor for catalytic reduction of NOx.

Treatment influence on green coconut shells for removal of metal ions: pilot-scale fixed-bed column

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (14) ◽  
pp. 1711-1720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giselle S. C. Raulino ◽  
Carla B. Vidal ◽  
Ari Clecius A. Lima ◽  
Diego Q. Melo ◽  
Juliene T. Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metal Ions ◽  
Fixed Bed ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Fixed Bed Column ◽  
Removal Of Metal ◽  
Removal Of Metal Ions ◽  
Coconut Shells

Concentrating and Nonconcentrating Slurry and Fixed-Bed Solar Reactors for the Degradation of Herbicide Isoproturon

2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anoop Verma ◽  
N. Tejo Prakash ◽  
Amrit Pal Toor ◽  
Palak Bansal ◽  
Vikas Kumar Sangal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technology Development ◽  
Treatment Time ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Fixed Bed ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Fixed Bed Reactor ◽  
Photon Flux ◽  
Immobilized Catalyst ◽  
Working Volume ◽  
Solar Reactors

This research demonstrates scale-up studies with the development of concentrating and nonconcentrating solar reactors employing suspended and supported TiO2 for the degradation of herbicide isoproturon (IPU) with total working volume of 6 L. Novel cement beads were used as support material for fixing the catalyst particles. In the case of nonconcentrating slurry reactor, 85% degradation of IPU was achieved after 3 h of treatment with four number of catalyst recycling, whereas nonconcentrating fixed-bed reactor using TiO2 immobilized cement beads took relatively more time (10 h) for the degradation of IPU (65%) due to mass transfer limitations, but it overcame the implication of catalyst filtration post-treatment. The immobilized catalyst was successfully recycled for ten times boosting its commercial applications. High photon flux with concentrating parabolic trough collector (PTC) using fixed catalysis approach with same immobilized catalyst substantially reduced the treatment time to 4 h for achieving 91% degradation of IPU. Working and execution of pilot-scale reactors are very fruitful to extend these results for a technology development with the present leads.

Design of a continuous flow immobilized-cell reactor for biosynthetical production of L-aspartic acid

1985 ◽  
Vol 50 (10) ◽  
pp. 2122-2133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jindřich Zahradník ◽  
Marie Fialová ◽  
Jan Škoda ◽  
Helena Škodová
Keyword(s):  
Aspartic Acid ◽  
Continuous Flow ◽  
Immobilized Cells ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Fixed Bed ◽  
Packed Bed ◽  
Fixed Bed Reactor ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Immobilized Cell

An experimental study was carried out aimed at establishing a data base for an optimum design of a continuous flow fixed-bed reactor for biotransformation of ammonium fumarate to L-aspartic acid catalyzed by immobilized cells of the strain Escherichia alcalescens dispar group. The experimental program included studies of the effect of reactor geometry, catalytic particle size, and packed bed arrangement on reactor hydrodynamics and on the rate of substrate conversion. An expression for the effective reaction rate was derived including the effect of mass transfer and conditions of the safe conversion-data scale-up were defined. Suggestions for the design of a pilot plant reactor (100 t/year) were formulated and decisive design parameters of such reactor were estimated for several variants of problem formulation.

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