Characteristics of liquid and tracer dispersion in trickle-bed reactors: Effect on CFD modeling and experimental analyses

K. Lappalainen; Elena Gorshkova; Mikko Manninen; V. Alopaeus

doi:10.1016/j.compchemeng.2010.06.006

Characteristics of liquid and tracer dispersion in trickle-bed reactors: Effect on CFD modeling and experimental analyses

K. Lappalainen (Corresponding Author), Elena Gorshkova, Mikko Manninen, V. Alopaeus

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Abstract

The characteristics of mechanical dispersion of tracer and liquid are analyzed using CFD modeling and experimental results from the literature. The most significant differences are underlined and their impact is discussed further. When compared to uniform liquid distribution, the more complicated flow conditions in liquid source measurements are considered to have a significant effect on result analysis and should be paid more attention to. Modeling of mechanical dispersion of liquid using CFD is discussed. Finally, liquid source dispersion cases are simulated and the results are compared to the experimental liquid as well as tracer dispersion results.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	41-49
Number of pages	9
Journal	Computers and Chemical Engineering
Volume	35
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2010.06.006
Publication status	Published - 2011
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

CFD
Liquid dispersion
Multiphase flow
Packed beds
Porous media

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