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Measurement of Residence Time in Hot Compressed Water: 2. Salts in Continuously Stirred Tank Reactors
Author(s) -
Kruse A.,
Ederer H.,
Ernst D.,
Seine B.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.200900031
Subject(s) - continuous stirred tank reactor , plug flow reactor model , residence time (fluid dynamics) , alkali metal , residence time distribution , chemistry , precipitation , plug flow , phenol , biomass (ecology) , chemical engineering , waste management , mineralogy , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , engineering , inclusion (mineral) , physics , geotechnical engineering , oceanography , meteorology , geology
The behavior of alkali salts in a continuously stirred tank reactor is of particular interest with respect to the development of the hydrothermal biomass gasification process. On the one hand, alkali salts increase gas formation. On the other hand, they may plug reactors due to precipitation. To obtain information on the potential enrichment of salts in continuously stirred tank reactors, cumulative residence time distribution functions were measured using K 2 CO 3 and NaHCO 3 tracers and phenol as a reference.