hydrogen is an unusual substance in that its molecule exists in two forms, known as ortho and para, with markedly different properties. energy level of the ortho molecule is higher than para, therefore, the latter is employed for industrial purposes. consequently, for a high  conversion of  ortho to para hydrogen a catalyst reactor must be employed.  therefore, one of  the main objectives of th...

Experiments have yielded a number of important insights into the energy distribution, sparging and oxidation of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, m- and p-xylene, and o-xylene (BTEX) in a dense medium plasma reactor (DMPR). It has been found that the DMPR transferred a relatively small amount of electrical energy, approximately 4% in the form of sensible heat, to t...

This paper presents a numerical and experimental study on the performance of a methanol steam reformer integrated with a hydrogen/air combustion reactor for hydrogen production. A CFD-based 3D model with mass and momentum transport and temperature characteristics is established. The simulation results show that better performance is achieved in the cross-U type reactor compared to either a tubu...

An ordinary differential equation with a parameter in the boundary conditions describes the steady state in an adiabatic tubular chemical reactor. In this paper, the problem is considered as a Hammerstein integral equation and solutions are obtained using Adomian’s decomposition method.

A multi-phase flow strategy, based on oscillatory motion of a bi-phasic slug within a fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) tubular reactor, under inert atmosphere, is designed and developed to address mixing and mass transfer limitations associated with continuous slug flow chemistry platforms for studies of bi-phasic catalytic reactions. The technique is exemplified with C-C and C-N Pd catalyz...

Hydrogen is an unusual substance in that its molecule exists in two forms, known as ortho and para, with markedly different properties. Energy level of the ortho molecule is higher than para, therefore, the latter is employed for industrial purposes. Consequently, for a high  conversion of  ortho to para hydrogen a catalyst reactor must be employed.  Therefore, one of  the main obj...

This paper deals with the existence and stability of multiple equilibrium profiles in tubular bioreactors. We prove here that a tubular biological reactor can posses one or several equilibrium profiles according to the dispersion and convection terms as long as the kinetic function belongs to a general class of non-monotonic functions. Such systems allow the characterization of the hydrodynamic...

This work includes a modelling and simulation of dimethyl ether direct synthesis in a tubular type reactor with hybrid catalysts bed. The results of simulation show that the loading ratio of methanol synthesis and dehydration catalysts has a important influence on product yield.

By examining the process of heat transfer at tubular reactor for LD-PE synthesis, it can be concluded that free electrons exists during polymerization. Additionally, no free electrons occur in the absence of polymerization. A model that can explain and describe this behavior of ethylene under high pressure is the semiconductor model.