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CFD and kinetic methods for mass transfer determination in a mesh microreactor
Author(s) -
Abdallah Radwan,
Magnico Pierre,
Fumey Bruno,
de Bellefon Claude
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.10822
Subject(s) - microreactor , mass transfer , contactor , computational fluid dynamics , mass transfer coefficient , kinetic energy , catalysis , range (aeronautics) , materials science , chemical engineering , mechanics , thermodynamics , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , chromatography , composite material , physics , engineering , organic chemistry , classical mechanics , power (physics)
The global gas‐liquid‐solid volumetric mass‐transfer coefficient K L a of a catalytic multiphase microstructured film contactor, featuring 5 μm dimensions, a 155 μm liquid film thickness, and a 15 μm thin catalytic layer is determined, using the very fast hydrogenation of α‐methylstyrene with a Pd/γ‐alumina catalyst. The volumetric mass‐transfer coefficients measured experimentally fall in the range 0.8 – 1.6 s −1 above that predicted by the film model and those obtained from a CFD (3‐D model) simulation, and from an analytical solution. © 2006 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2006