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Liquid solid mass transfer in small diameter trickle bed reactors
Dissertation (MEng (Chemical Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/31112 Liquid solid mass transfer in small diameter trickle bed reactors Nicol, Willie lucille.naidoo@sasol.com Naidoo, Lucille Adeline UCTD Pre-wetting Multiplicity Liquid solid mass transfer coefficient Wall effects Dissertation (MEng (Chemical Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2011. Trickle bed reactors form an integral component of the petrochemical industry. In order to optimise their performance, industrial reactors are scaled down to laboratory scale reactors. It is desired that the laboratory scale reactor ought to operate at the same superficial velocity to replicate the hydrodynamics of the industrial reactor. This can be achieved by scaling down reactors according to the reactor diameter. However, wall effects can severely impact the hydrodynamics of these small diameter laboratory scale reactors The complex distribution of liquid in a trickle bed reactor operated in the trickle flow regime results in partial wetting of the solid particles which impacts the liquid solid mass transfer coefficient and consequently influences the reaction rates in a trickle bed reactor. The distribution of liquid in the trickle flow regime is also affected by prewetting procedures applied to the packed bed, where multiple hydrodynamic states occur. This phenomenon of hydrodynamic multiplicity affects the values of hydrodynamic parameters and complicates the prediction of trickle bed reactor performance. In this study the liquid solid mass transfer was investigated in a variety of columns, with column to particle diameter ratios in the range of 10 to 1, by employing the electrochemical technique. A distinct trend was found where the decrease in column diameter resulted in an increase in the effective liquid solid mass transfer coefficient, even though the values of the effective liquid solid mass transfer coefficients were two orders of magnitude lower than published data. A threefold increase of the effective liquid solid mass transfer coefficient was obtained on decreasing the column to particle diameter ratio from 10 to 3. However, this trend was not sustained for the bead column (D/dp=1) where a decrease in effective liquid solid mass transfer coefficient was observed on decreasing the column to diameter ratio from 3 to 1. The substantial increase in liquid solid mass transfer could not be entirely explained by partial external wetting as well as interstitial velocity variations. The low values of liquid solid mass transfer coefficients also could not be explained despite attempts to validate the measurement technique. The effects of hydrodynamic multiplicity on the effective liquid solid mass transfer coefficients were significant in all the columns The effects of hydrodynamic multiplicity on the effective liquid solid mass transfer coefficients were significant in all the columns. The Kan prewetting outperformed the Levec gas prewetting by as much as 1.5 times, while the super prewetting outperformed Levec prewetting by as much as 1.3 times. The modes without gas outperformed the modes with gas which is contrary to previous findings on the effect of gas on liquid solid mass transfer. Copyright Chemical Engineering Unrestricted Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology 2013-09-09T12:03:40Z 2012-08-03 2013-09-09T12:03:40Z 2012-04-17 2011 2012-08-03 Dissertation Naidoo, LA 2011, Liquid solid mass transfer in small diameter trickle bed reactors, MEng dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08032012-141133 / > E12/4/420/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31112 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08032012-141133/ en © 2011, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Pre-wetting Multiplicity Liquid solid mass transfer coefficient Wall effects Liquid solid mass transfer in small diameter trickle bed reactors |
| title | Liquid solid mass transfer in small diameter trickle bed reactors |
| title_full | Liquid solid mass transfer in small diameter trickle bed reactors |
| title_fullStr | Liquid solid mass transfer in small diameter trickle bed reactors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Liquid solid mass transfer in small diameter trickle bed reactors |
| title_short | Liquid solid mass transfer in small diameter trickle bed reactors |
| title_sort | liquid solid mass transfer in small diameter trickle bed reactors |
| topic | UCTD Pre-wetting Multiplicity Liquid solid mass transfer coefficient Wall effects |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31112 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08032012-141133/ |