This paper presents the formulation of a controller for a Catalytic Flow Reversal Reactor (CFRR) with heat extraction. The controller is based on the Model Predictive Control (MPC) concept. The MPC scheme uses a model that assumes plug flow and neglects radial gradients in the reactor but accounts for the two phases within the reactor. The prediction of the future output behavior from the model...

+ − + + + → + H 2 O H NO O 5 . 1 NH 2 2 2 4 (1) In the SHARON (Single reactor High activity Ammonia Removal Over Nitrite) process, partial nitrification is establishing by working at high temperature (about 35°C) and maintaining an appropriate sludge retention time (SRT). The SHARON reactor is operated as a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR, chemostat) without biomass retention, so the sl...

the epitaxial silicon chemical vapor deposition by SiClq/H2 mixtures in a LPE 861 barrel reactor has been simulated by means of a detailed 2D model solved by the commercial finite element code FIDAP. Different reactor configurations (i .e., bell diameter, gas diffusers, susceptor tilting angle) and deposition conditions ( i .e . , flow rates and reactor pressure) have been examined. The simulat...

Radial flow reactor was focused for large scale methanol synthesis and in which the heat transfer type was cross-flow. The effects of operating conditions including the reactor inlet air temperature, the heating pipe temperature and the air flow rate on the cross-flow heat transfer was investigated and the results showed that the temperature profile of the area in front of the heating pipe was ...

Nitrification is a necessary and often limiting process in animal waste treatment for removal of nitrogen as N2 through biological nitrification/denitrification systems. We evaluated three technologies for enhancing nitrification of pig lagoon wastewater prior to denitrification: overland flow, trickling filter, and a bioreactor using nitrifying pellets. The overland flow system consisted of a ...

The biotechnological gas desulfurization process under haloalkaline conditions is widely applied for removal of toxic H2S from sour streams. In this biologically oxidized into elemental sulfur. Recently, the has been extended with an anaerobic step (dual-reactor line-up), increasing selectivity sulfur (S8) ~85–97% and decreasing formation (thio)sulfate. It was also found that biological sulfide...

An aerobic fluidized bed reactor (FBR) was operated for the removal of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and p-xylene (BTEX) from water. The reactor was seeded with a mixed culture adapted to MTBE. Granular activated carbon (GAC) was used as the biological attachment medium. Influent MTBE to the reactor was 7.8 mg/L MTBE, with a flow rate of 22.7 L/day, and an e...

We report on the development of a continuous flow process for the palladium catalysed methoxycarbonylation of aryl, heteroaromatic and vinyl iodides and an aryl bromide using a Teflon AF-2400 based Tube-in-Tube reactor to mediate the selective permeation of carbon monoxide into solution at elevated pressures. The low volume of pressurised gas within the reactor (5.6 mL) offers the potential for...