Effect of Particle Porosity on Hysteresis in Trickle-Bed Reactors

• Published in: Industrial & engineering chemistry research Vol. 47; no. 21; pp. 8126 - 8135
• Main Authors: Maiti, Rabindranath, Atta, Arnab, Nigam, K. D. P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 05.11.2008
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Chemical engineering; Exact sciences and technology; Kinetics, Catalysis, and Reaction Engineering; Reactors; Hysteresis; Trickle bed reactor; Porosity

Hydrodynamics in trickle-bed reactors (TBRs) is quite complex because of the coexistence of gas−liquid−solid phases. Recent past hysteresis have been the subject of investigation to improve the understanding of the flow features at the microlevel, aiming to demystify the complex hydrodynamics. The p...