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Analysis of three‐phase packed‐bed reactors
Author(s) -
Goto Shigeo,
Smith J. M.
Publication year - 1978
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.690240219
Subject(s) - countercurrent exchange , dimensionless quantity , isothermal process , mass transfer , trickle bed reactor , mixing (physics) , chemistry , packed bed , thermodynamics , solubility , flow (mathematics) , catalysis , mechanics , chemical engineering , chromatography , organic chemistry , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
Three‐phase reactors involving a solid catalyst are normally used for production of product or removal of impurity. Equations are presented for these two measures of reactor performance for a first‐order, reversible or irreversible reaction in an isothermal reactor. The results are presented in terms of dimensionless groups of the pertinent mass transfer, kinetic, and equilibrium (solubility) properties, and the gas and liquid flow rates. From the equations given, it is possible to predict the relative performance of concurrent (trickle bed) and countercurrent flow reactors and also the effect of mixing in the gas or liquid streams on performance.