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The role of mass transfer in trickle‐bed reactors
Author(s) -
Goto S.,
Watabe S.,
Matsvbara M.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450540612
Subject(s) - damköhler numbers , trickle , mass transfer , péclet number , mechanics , trickle bed reactor , steady state (chemistry) , thermodynamics , dispersion (optics) , reaction rate , mathematics , chemistry , physics , computer science , turbulence , catalysis , optics , biochemistry , world wide web
Abstract Steady state characteristics of a trickle‐bed reactor in which the gas solute governs the reaction with linear kinetics are analyzed. The efficiency of the reactor is defined as the ratio of the actual production rate to the intrinsic reaction rate and the dependence of the efficiency on Damkohler number and Peclet number is investigated. Three sets of published experimental data are used to evaluate the efficiency. Also, the criterion for negligible axial dispersion is studied in comparison with Mears' criterion.