Hydrodynamics of a two-phase concurrent trickle bed reactor
Department
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Major
Chemical Engineering
Research Advisor
Al-Dahhan, Muthanna H.
Advisor's Department
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Abstract
Many different parameters of a trickle bed reactor have been studied in an air-water cocurrent system. A trickle bed reactor with a fixed packed bed was used to produce the needed results. Parameters such has liquid holdup, pressure drop, flow regimes and flow regime transition were studied on a macroscale. The local liquid holdup in the particle pores are to be studied on a microscale as well as the gas-liquid interaction surrounding the particles. The performance of the reactor is directly related to these parameters as they will give insight to which conditions are most efficient to needed performance.
Biography
Stiles Jackson is a senior in the Chemical Engineering Major. He will graduate in December of 2016.
Research Category
Engineering
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Document Type
Poster
Location
Upper Atrium/Hallway
Presentation Date
11 Apr 2016, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Hydrodynamics of a two-phase concurrent trickle bed reactor
Upper Atrium/Hallway
Many different parameters of a trickle bed reactor have been studied in an air-water cocurrent system. A trickle bed reactor with a fixed packed bed was used to produce the needed results. Parameters such has liquid holdup, pressure drop, flow regimes and flow regime transition were studied on a macroscale. The local liquid holdup in the particle pores are to be studied on a microscale as well as the gas-liquid interaction surrounding the particles. The performance of the reactor is directly related to these parameters as they will give insight to which conditions are most efficient to needed performance.
Comments
Joint project with Muhammed Al Ani (PhD)