CFD simulation of gas solid flow in FCC strippers

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1827-1841

  Gao, Jinsen ^a   Chang, Jian ^a   Xu, Chunming ^a   Lan, Xingying ^a   Yang, Yong ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b PetroChina Planning and Engineering Institute   (China)

Author keywords

CFD; Eulerian simulation; FCC catalysts; Fluidized bed; Hydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

EULERIAN SIMULATION; FCC CATALYSTS; FLUIDIZATION BEHAVIOR;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 40849106316     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Avidan A.A., Edwards M., and Owen H. Innovative improvements highlight FCC's past and future. Oil & Gas Journal 88 (1990) 33-54
2. Boemer A., Qi H., and Renz U. Eulerian simulation of bubble formation at a jet in a two-dimensional fluidized bed. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 23 (1997) 927-944
3. Cui H.P., Grace J., McKnight C., et al. Jet configuration for improved fluidized bed stripping. Chemical Engineering Journal 125 (2006) 1-8
4. Cui H.P., Strabel M., Rusnell D., et al. Gas and solids mixing in a dynamically scaled fluid coker stripper. Chemical Engineering Science 61 (2006) 388-396
5. Ding J., and Gidaspow D. A bubbling fluidization model using kinetic theory of granular flow. A.I.Ch.E. Journal 36 (1990) 523-538
6. Fluent 6.2.16 2005. User's Guide, Fluent Inc., USA.
7. Gidaspow D. Multiphase Flow and Fluidization: Continuum and Kinetic Theory Description (1994), Academic Press, Boston
8. King, D., 1992. Fluidized catalytic crackers: an engineering review. In: Potter, O.P., Nicklin, D.J., (Eds), Fluidization VII, Engineering Foundation, New York, pp. 15-26.
9. Lettieri P., Newton D., and Yates J.G. Homogeneous bed expansion of FCC catalysts, influence of temperature on the parameters of the Richardson-Zaki equation. Powder Technology 123 (2002) 221-231
10. McCarthy S.J., Raterman M.F., Smalley C.G., Sodomin J.F., and Miller R.B. Refiner improves FCC yields using latest process technologies. Oil & Gas Journal 95 (1997) 56-69
11. McKeen T., and Pugsley T.S. Simulation of cold flow FCC stripper hydrodynamics at small scale using computational fluid dynamics. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering 1 (2003) A18
12. McKeen T., and Pugsley T.S. Simulation and experimental validation of a freely bubbling bed of FCC catalyst. Powder Technology 129 (2003) 139-152
13. Patankar S.V. Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow (1980), Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, New York
14. Peirano E., Delloume V., and Leckner B. Two- or three-dimensional simulations of turbulent gas-solid flows applied to fluidization. Chemical Engineering Science 56 (2001) 4787-4799
15. Senior, R.C., Smalley, C.G., Gbordzoe, E., 1998. Hardware modifications to overcome common operating problems in FCC catalyst strippers. In: Fan, L.S., Knowlton, T.M. (Eds), Fluidization IX, Engineering Foundation, New York, pp. 725-732.
16. Sinclair J.L., and Jackson R. Gas-particle flow in a vertical pipe with particle-particle interactions. A.I.Ch.E. Journal 35 (1989) 1473-1496
17. van Wachem B.G.M., Schouten J.C., Krishna R., and van den Bleek C.M. Validation of the Eulerian simulated dynamic behavior of gas-solid fluidized beds. Chemical Engineering Science 54 (1991) 2141-2149
18. Zhang, Y.M., 2003. Study on the gas-solid flow in FCCU stripper. M.S. Thesis. China University of Petroleum, Beijing.
19. Zhang Y.M., Lu C.X., and Shi M.X. Study on the gas-solid mass transfer performance in catalyst stripper. Journal of Chemical Engineering of Chinese Universities 18 (2004) 409-413