CFD modeling of slurry bubble column reactors for Fisher-Tropsch synthesis

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 892-903

  Troshko, Andrey A ^a   Zdravistch, Franz ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b ANSYS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Fischer Tropsch synthesis; Fluid mechanics; Multiphase flow; Multiphase reactions; Phase change

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BUBBLE FORMATION; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COALESCENCE; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAG; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDS; GASES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROCARBONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; LIQUIDS; MECHANICS; METAL RECOVERY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; REACTION RATES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

ADDITIONAL MASS; BALANCE (WEIGHTING); BUBBLE COALESCENCE; BUBBLE COLUMN; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION (BSD); BUBBLE-COLUMN REACTORS; CATALYST PARTICLES; CFD MODELING; CHEMICAL SPECIES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) SIMULATIONS; DISSIPATION RATES; DRAG FORCES; EULERIAN; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS (FTS); FISHER TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; GAS BUBBLING; GAS HOLD UPS; GAS INJECTIONS; HEAT RELEASES; HEAT REMOVAL DEVICES; HEAT TRANSFER EFFECTS; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; LABORATORY SCALE; LIQUID PHASES; LIQUID-PHASE; MULTIPHASE REACTIONS; PHASE CHANGE; REACTOR PERFORMANCE; SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR (SBCR); SOLID CATALYSTS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 58749111429     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.10.022     Document Type: Article

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