Application of Pseudohomogeneous and Heterogeneous Models in Assessing the Behavior of a Fluidized-Bed Catalytic Reactor
Comparative analysis of the steady-state and transient properties of a bubbling fluidized-bed catalytic reactor obtained according to different mathematical models of the emulsion zone was performed to verify the commonly used assumption regarding the pseudohomogeneous nature of this zone. Four diff...
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doaj-877ea992225b4b939f01b0b41e17113b2021-01-04T00:00:58ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-01-011420820810.3390/en14010208Application of Pseudohomogeneous and Heterogeneous Models in Assessing the Behavior of a Fluidized-Bed Catalytic ReactorKatarzyna Bizon0Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, ul. Warszawska 24, 31-155 Kraków, PolandComparative analysis of the steady-state and transient properties of a bubbling fluidized-bed catalytic reactor obtained according to different mathematical models of the emulsion zone was performed to verify the commonly used assumption regarding the pseudohomogeneous nature of this zone. Four different mathematical models of the fluidized-bed reactor dynamics were formulated, based on different thermal and diffusional conditions at the gas-solid interface and within the catalyst pellet, namely the model based on the assumption of pseudohomogeneous character for the emulsion zone, and a group of two-scale models accounting for the heterogeneous character of this zone. It was demonstrated that, while the pseudohomogeneous model of the emulsion zone predicts almost identical behavior of the reactor at steady-state as the proposed heterogeneous models, it may fail in the prediction of the reactor start-up behavior, especially when dealing with highly exothermic processes run at relatively high fluidization velocity.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/1/208fluidized bedcatalytic reactorheterogenous modelpseudohomogeneous modelsteady statetransient behavior |
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Katarzyna Bizon Application of Pseudohomogeneous and Heterogeneous Models in Assessing the Behavior of a Fluidized-Bed Catalytic Reactor Energies fluidized bed catalytic reactor heterogenous model pseudohomogeneous model steady state transient behavior |
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Application of Pseudohomogeneous and Heterogeneous Models in Assessing the Behavior of a Fluidized-Bed Catalytic Reactor |
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Application of Pseudohomogeneous and Heterogeneous Models in Assessing the Behavior of a Fluidized-Bed Catalytic Reactor |
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Application of Pseudohomogeneous and Heterogeneous Models in Assessing the Behavior of a Fluidized-Bed Catalytic Reactor |
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Application of Pseudohomogeneous and Heterogeneous Models in Assessing the Behavior of a Fluidized-Bed Catalytic Reactor |
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Application of Pseudohomogeneous and Heterogeneous Models in Assessing the Behavior of a Fluidized-Bed Catalytic Reactor |
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application of pseudohomogeneous and heterogeneous models in assessing the behavior of a fluidized-bed catalytic reactor |
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Energies |
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1996-1073 |
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Comparative analysis of the steady-state and transient properties of a bubbling fluidized-bed catalytic reactor obtained according to different mathematical models of the emulsion zone was performed to verify the commonly used assumption regarding the pseudohomogeneous nature of this zone. Four different mathematical models of the fluidized-bed reactor dynamics were formulated, based on different thermal and diffusional conditions at the gas-solid interface and within the catalyst pellet, namely the model based on the assumption of pseudohomogeneous character for the emulsion zone, and a group of two-scale models accounting for the heterogeneous character of this zone. It was demonstrated that, while the pseudohomogeneous model of the emulsion zone predicts almost identical behavior of the reactor at steady-state as the proposed heterogeneous models, it may fail in the prediction of the reactor start-up behavior, especially when dealing with highly exothermic processes run at relatively high fluidization velocity. |
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fluidized bed catalytic reactor heterogenous model pseudohomogeneous model steady state transient behavior |
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