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Stochastic modeling of a fluidized‐bed reactor
Author(s) -
Too J. R.,
Fox R. O.,
Fan L. T.,
Nassar R.
Publication year - 1985
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.690310616
Subject(s) - fluidized bed , mixing (physics) , discretization , chemical reactor , work (physics) , bubble , mechanics , emulsion , a priori and a posteriori , chemical reaction , thermodynamics , materials science , chemistry , mathematics , physics , engineering , chemical engineering , mathematical analysis , philosophy , biochemistry , epistemology , quantum mechanics
In this work dispersive mixing and chemical reactions are treated simultaneously by resorting to the theory of stochastic processes. A fluidized‐bed reactor is modeled by discretizing it into ideally stirred tanks of various sizes corresponding to bubble, cloud, and emulsion phases. All parameters in the model are correlated with known or experimentally obtainable quantities. Examples using a complex chemical reaction are given to demonstrate the applicability of the approach.