Advances in fixed-bed reactor modeling using particle-resolved computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

Resolved-particle Fixed Bed Cfd with Microkinetics and Anisotropic Diffusion

Microkinetics models for the partial oxidations of ethylene and of methanol on silver catalysts are coupled with computational fluid dynamics and implemented in a randomly packed bed of 120 spherical particles. The model includes interactions of the elementary reaction steps and transport inside the particles and the flow field. The effects of using the full implementation of the microkinetics ...

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling of Photochemical Reactors

CFD Simulation of Dimethyl Ether Synthesis from Methanol in an Adiabatic Fixed-bed Reactor

A computational fluid dynamic (CFD) study of methanol (MeOH) to dimethyl ether (DME) process in an adiabatic fixed-bed reactor is presented. One of the methods of industrial DME production is the catalytic dehydration of MeOH. Kinetic model was derived based on Bercic rate. The parameters of this equation for a specific catalyst were tuned by solving a one-dimensional homogenous model using MAT...

Poultry Slaughterhouse Wastewater Treatment Using Anaerobic Fluid Bed Reactor and Aerobic Mobile-Bed Biological Reactor

This research evaluated the efficiency of combined anaerobic-aerobic processes for the treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater. The anaerobic reactor consists of a 3.95 L Plexiglas column with 60 mm diameter and 140 cm height. The cylindrical particles of polyvinyl chloride with 2 mm diameter and 1250 kg m-3 density packed to 60 cm of column were used as biomass saving material. The d...

In-depth analysis of traffic congestion using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling method

This paper introduces computational fluid dynamics (CFD), a numerical approach widely and successfully used in aerospace engineering, to deal with surface traffic flow related problems. After a brief introduction of the physical and mathematical foundations of CFD, this paper develops CFD implementation methodology for modeling traffic problems such as queue/platoon distribution, shockwave prop...