A numerical comparison of alternative three-phase reactors with a conventional trickle-bed reactor. The advantages of countercurrent flow for hydrodesulfurization

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 4791-4799

  Van Hasselt, B W ^a,b   Lebens, P J M ^a   Calis, H P A ^a   Kapteijn, F ^a   Sie, S T ^a   Moulijn, J A ^a   Van den Bleek, C M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Countercurrent flow; Gas liquid mass transfer; Gas liquid solid reactors; Hydrodesulfurization; Modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GASES; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; POROSITY; SOLIDS;

COUNTERCURRENT FLOW; GAS LIQUID MASS TRANSFER; GAS LIQUID SOLID REACTORS; HYDRODESULFURIZATION;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

EID: 0033231955     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00196-7     Document Type: Article

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