in the present study, a heterogeneous and homogeneous gas flow dispersion model for simulation and optimization of a large-scale catalytic slurry reactor for the direct synthesis of dimethyl ether (dme) from synthesis gas (syngas) and co2, using a churn-turbulent regime was developed. in the heterogeneous flow model, the gas phase was distributed into two bubble phases including small and large...

In this paper, a CFD model of syngas flow in slurry bubble column was developed. The model is based on an Eulerian-Eulerian approach and includes three phases: slurry of solid particles suspended in paraffin oil and syngas bubbles. Numerical calculations carried out for catalyst particles, bubble coalescence and breakup included bubble-fluid drag force and interfacial area effects. Also, the ef...

in this paper, a cfd model of syngas flow in slurry bubble column was developed. the model is based on an eulerian-eulerian approach and includes three phases: slurry of solid particles suspended in paraffin oil and syngas bubbles. numerical calculations carried out for catalyst particles, bubble coalescence and breakup included bubble-fluid drag force and interfacial area effects. also, the ef...

Based on a global kinetics of direct dimethyl ether (DME) synthesis process from syngas, a steady-state one-dimensional mathematical model for the bubble column slurry reactor (BCSR) has been established. It was built on the assumption of plug flow of gas phase, sedimentation-dispersion model of catalyst grains and isothermal chamber regardless of reaction heats and rates for the design of an i...

biodegradation kinetics of 4-nitrophenol (pnp) in aqueous solution by a gram negative soil bacterium, ralstoniaeutropha was firstly studied in a small scale batch reactor. the degradation of pnp was evaluated at initial pnp concentrations ranging from 3 mg/l to 14 mg/l. the rate of pnp consumption by the bacterium culture was modeled using monod and contois kinetics in batch condition. pnp degr...

A multicomponent one-dimensional dynamic mathematical model for the reacting slurry systems with a change in gas flow rate due to the chemical reaction is developed. A change in gas flow rate caused by the chemical reaction is modeled using the overall gas mass balance. Thus, all relevant chemical species are included in the model. Linear first-order reaction kinetics is considered. The gas pha...

Lu Han and Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan A gaseous tracer technique and procedures were developed and implemented to measure the axial dispersion of gas phase in a slurry bubble column reactor using air-water-glass beads (100ìm). Residence time distribution curves were obtained by measuring the response of gaseous tracer pulse input. The gas phase axial dispersion coefficient, Dg, was determined from m...

In slurry bubble column reactors, catalyst particles may adhere to gas bubbles. Thus, mass transfer limited reactions can be significantly improved either by increasing G-L mass transfer coefficient kL or specific surface area a. The scope of this work is to study the influence of model parameters on coalescence and G-L mass transfer, in order to develop new rules for design and scale-up of slu...

bubble column reactors are used in a wide variety of applications such as multiphase bioreactors, catalytic slurry reactors, and absorption processes. the superficial gas velocity-gas holdup relationship and transition point are two important parameters for characterizing the hydrodynamics of a bubble column reactor. in this study, systematic investigation of a nitrogen - water - glass beads bu...