Assessing the clogging and permeability of degrading packed bed reactors

Solution of Noncatalytic Packed Bed Reactors Equations by Finite Element Method

Stability of cellulose-based carriers in batch and packed-bed reactors

Abstract: The selection of a suitable type of reactor for the reaction with enzymes immobilized on the carriers is extremely important to industry. In this study the possibility of using pre-selected cellulose-based carriers (Granocel) to conduct the reaction in a stirred batch reactor and a fixed-bed reactor was investigated. It was shown that non-activated Granocel did not undergo compression...

Simultaneous Coproduction of Hydrogen and Ethanol in Anaerobic Packed-Bed Reactors

This study evaluated the use of an anaerobic packed-bed reactor for hydrogen production at different hydraulic retention times (HRT) (1-8 h). Two reactors filled with expanded clay and fed with glucose (3136-3875 mg L(-1)) were operated at different total upflow velocities: 0.30 cm s(-1) (R030) and 0.60 cm s(-1) (R060). The effluent pH of the reactors was maintained between 4 and 5 by adding Na...

Fermentative hydrogen production in packed-bed and packing-free upflow reactors.

Fermentative hydrogen production from a synthetic wastewater containing 10 g/L of sucrose was studied in two upflow reactors at 26 degrees C for 400 days. One reactor was filled with packing rings (RP) and the other was packing free (RF). The effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT) from 2 h to 24 h was investigated. Results showed that, under steady state, the hydrogen production rate signific...

Electron-transfer-initiated benzoin- and Stetter-like reactions in packed-bed reactors for process intensification

A convenient heterogeneous continuous-flow procedure for the polarity reversal of aromatic α-diketones is presented. Propaedeutic batch experiments have been initially performed to select the optimal supported base capable to initiate the two electron-transfer process from the carbamoyl anion of the N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) solvent to the α-diketone and generate the corresponding enediolate ...