Open AccessENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT OF SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR (SBCR) TECHNOLOGY
Author(s) -
Bernard A. Toseland
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/794000
Subject(s) - bubble column reactor , slurry , reactor design , column (typography) , bubble , process engineering , process (computing) , scaling , nuclear engineering , environmental science , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , mechanics , physics , environmental engineering , mathematics , gas bubble , geometry , connection (principal bundle) , operating system
The major technical objectives of this program are threefold: (1) to develop the design tools and a fundamental understanding of the fluid dynamics of a slurry bubble column reactor to maximize reactor productivity, (2) to develop the mathematical reactor design models and gain an understanding of the hydrodynamic fundamentals under industrially relevant process conditions, and (3) to develop an understanding of the hydrodynamics and their interaction with the chemistries occurring in the bubble column reactor. Successful completion of these objectives will permit more efficient usage of the reactor column and tighter design criteria, increase overall reactor efficiency, and ensure a design that leads to stable reactor behavior when scaling up to large diameter reactors