Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Trickle Bed Reactor: Hydrodynamics, Reactor Internals, Catalyst Bed - Softcover

Mitra, Subhasish

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639370090 ISBN 13: 9783639370096

Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2011

Synopsis

Trickle bed reactors are widely used in petroleum refining industry for various hydro-treating purposes to remove sulfur primarily from light and middle distillates. In last few years due to stringent environmental norms on emission, importance of rigorous design of trickle bed reactor has drawn much research attention. Although the technology of trickle bed reactor design is well established, it has been essentially based on heuristics. With availability of more computational power, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) appears to be an essential tool to understand effect of flow on transport phenomena which directly govern the design. A complete analysis of trickle bed reactor design requires modeling of hydrodynamics, reactor internals and catalyst bed. All these three aspects have been incorporated in this work to build up the CFD models. This analysis should help to shed some light on understanding various aspects of CFD modeling of trickle bed reactor and should be helpful for professionals engaged in research or design of trickle bed reactor using CFD.

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About the Author

M.Tech,currently a Research Associate, Dept of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. A process engineer by profession, he has 7 years of experience in process troubleshooting and design in nuclear, petrochemicals and oil & gas industry. He is also an associate member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 3639370090
• ISBN 13: 9783639370096
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 160