Sulfur removal in monolithic three-phase reactors: Model and simulation

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 92, Issue , 2012, Pages 64-76

  Iliuta, Ion ^a   Iliuta, Maria C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Modeling; Monolith three phase reactor; Simulation; Sulfur removal process; Trickle bed reactor

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DISPERSIONS; BACKMIXING; CATALYST LOADINGS; CATALYTIC PROCESS; GAS VELOCITY; GEOMETRIC SURFACE AREA; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LOW PRESSURE DROP; MASS TRANSFER PARAMETERS; MODEL AND SIMULATION; MODEL OUTPUTS; MONOLITH REACTORS; NONISOTHERMAL; REMOVAL PROCESS; SIMULATED BEHAVIORS; SIMULATION; SPACE VELOCITIES; SUPERFICIAL LIQUID; THREE PHASE REACTOR; TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TRICKLE BED REACTOR; UNSTEADY STATE MODEL;

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; LOADING; MASS TRANSFER; MODELS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84859640866     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2012.03.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (42)

1. R. Shafi, and G.J. Hutchings Hydrodesulfurization of hindered dibenzothiophenes: an overview Catal. Today 59 2000 423 442
2. H.R. Reinhoudt, C.H.M. Boons, A.D. van Langeveld, J.A.R. van Veen, S.T. Sie, and J.A. Moulijn On the difference between gas- and liquid phase hydrotreating test reactions Appl. Catal. A 207 2001 25 36
3. R. Edvinsson, and S. Irandoust Hydrodesulfurization of dibenzothiophene in a monolithic catalyst reactor Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 32 1993 391 395
4. F. Kapteijn, J.J. Heiszwolf, T.A. Nijhuis, and J.A. Moulijn Monoliths in multiphase catalytic processes - aspects and prospects Cattech. 3 1999 24 41
5. S. Roy, T. Bauer, M. Al-Dahhan, P. Lehner, and T. Turek Monoliths as multiphase reactors: a review AIChE J. 50 2004 2918 2938
6. S. Ebrahimi, R. Kleerebezem, M.T. Kreutzer, F. Kapteijn, J.A. Moulijn, J.J. Heijnen, and M.C.M. van Loosdrecht Potential application of monolith packed columns as bioreactors, control of biofilm formation Biotechnol. Bioeng. 93 2006 238 245
7. J. Chen, H. Yang, N. Wang, Z. Ring, and T. Dabros Mathematical modeling of monolith catalysts and reactors for gas phase reactions App. Catal.: General 345 2008 1 11
8. H. Liu, C.O. Vandu, and R. Krishna Hydrodynamics of Taylor flow in vertical capillaries: flow regimes, bubble rise velocity, liquid slug length, and pressure drop Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 44 2005 4884 4897
9. F.S. Mederos, M.A. Rodriguez, J. Ancheyta, and E. Arce Dynamic modelling and simulation of catalytic hydrotreating reactors Energy Fuels 20 2006 936 945
10. W. Liu, S. Roy, and X. Fu Gas-liquid catalytic hydrogenation reaction in small catalyst channel AIChE J. 51 2005 2285 2297
11. M.J. Stutz, and D. Poulikakos Optium washcoat thickness of a monolith reactor for syngas production by partial oxidation of methane Chem. Eng. Sci. 63 2008 1761 1770
12. X. Ma, S. Kinya, I. Takaaki, and M. Isao Hydrodesulfurization reactivities of narrow-cut fractions in a gas oil Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 34 1995 748 755
13. 3: the reaction network AIChE J. 24 1978 1015 1021
14. 3; The reaction kinetics AIChE J. 27 1981 663 673
15. I.V. Babich, and J.A. Moulijn Science and technology of novel processes for deep desulfurization of oil refinery streams: a review Fuel 82 2003 607 631
16. S. Whitaker The transport equations for multi-phase systems Chem. Eng. Sci. 28 1973 139 147
17. D.A. Drew, and S.L. Passman Theory of Multicomponent Fluids 1999 Springer-Verlag New York
18. J. Carberry Chemical and Catalytic Reaction Engineering 1976 McGraw-Hill New York
19. P.M. Gresho, and R.L. Sani Incompressible Flow and the Finite Element Method. Advection-Diffusion and Isothermal Laminar Flow 1988 John Wiley and Sons Chichester, England
20. P. Aussilous, and D. Quere Quick deposition of a fluid on the wall of a tube Phys. Fluids 12 2000 2367 2371
21. A. Attou, and G. Ferschneider A simple model for pressure drop and liquid hold-up in packed-bed bubble reactors Chem. Eng. Sci. 54 1999 5139 5145
22. M.T. Kreutzer Hydrodynamics of Taylor Flow in Capillaries and Monolith Reactors 2003 Delft University Press Delft, The Netherlands
23. J.J. Heiszwolf, M.T. Kreutzer, M.G. van den Eijnden, F. Kapteijn, and J.A. Mulijn Gas-liquid mass transfer of aqueous Taylor flow in monoliths Catal. Today 69 2001 51 55
24. G. Bercic, and A. Pintar The role of gas bubbles and liquid slug lengths on mass transport in the Taylor flow through capillaries Chem. Eng. Sci. 52 1997 3709 3719
25. R.C. Reid, J.M. Prausnitz, and B.E. Poling The Properties of Gases and Liquids fourth ed. 1987 McGraw Hill New York
26. J.P. Du Plessis, W.G. Gray, Pore-scale modeling of interstitial transport phenomena, in: Fluid Transport in Porous Media, Computational Mechanics Publication, Southampton, 1997, pp. 61-104.
27. T.C. Thulasidas, M.A. Abraham, and R.L. Cerro Dispesion during bubble-train flow in capillaries Chem. Eng. Sci. 54 1999 61 70
28. H. Korsten, and U. Hoffman Three-phase reactor model for hydrotreating in pilot trickle-bed reactor AIChE J. 42 1996 1350 1360
29. M. Bhaskar, G. Valavarasu, B. Sairam, K.S. Balaraman, and K. Balu Three-phase reactor model to simulate the performance of pilot-plant and industrial trickle-bed reactors sustaining hydrotreating reactions Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 43 2004 6654 6662
30. I. Iliuta, B.P.A. Grandjean, and F. Larachi New mechanistic film model for pressure drop and liquid holdup in trickle flow reactors Chem. Eng. Sci. 57 2002 3359 3371
31. R.A. Holub, M.P. Dudukovic, and P.A. Ramachandran A phenomenological model of pressure drop, liquid holdup and flow regime transition in gas-liquid trickle flow Chem. Eng. Sci. 47 1992 2343 2348
32. I. Iliuta, F. Larachi, and B.P.A. Grandjean Pressure drop and liquid hold-up in trickle flow reactors: Improved Ergun constants and slip correlations for the slit model Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 37 1998 4542 4550
33. S. Goto, and J.M. Smith Trickle-bed reactors performance, Part -1: Holdup and mass transfer effects AIChE J. 21 1975 706 711
34. G.F. Froment, and K.B. Bischoff Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design second ed. 1990 Wiley New York
35. J.J. Marano, and G.D. Holder Characterization of Fischer-Tropsch liquids for vapor-liquid equilibria calculations Fluid Phase Equilib. 138 1997 1 21
36. B.W. van Hasselt, P.J.M. Lebens, H.P.A. Calis, F. Kapteijn, S.T. Sie, J.A. Moulijn, and C.M. van den Bleek A numerical comparison of alternative three-phase reactors with a conventional trickle-bed reactor. The advantages of countercurrent flow for hydrodesulfurization Chem. Eng. Sci. 54 1999 4791 4799
37. G.G. Martens, and G.B. Marin Kinetics for hydrocracking based on structural classes: model development and application AIChE J. 47 2001 1607 1615
38. S. Piché, F. Larachi, I. Iliuta, and B.P.A. Grandjean Improving predictions of liquid back-mixing in trickle-bed reactors using a neural network approach J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 77 2002 989 998
39. M.A. Rodriguez, and J. Ancheyra Modeling hydrodesulfurization (HDS), hydrogenation (HDN), and the hydrogenation of aromarics (HDA) in a vacuum gas oil hydrotreater Energy Fuels 18 2004 789 794
40. C.N. Satterfield Mass transfer in heterogeneous catalysis 1970 MIT Press Cambridge, MA
41. R. Krishna, and S.T. Sie Strategies for multiphase reactor selection Chem. Eng. Sci. 49 1994 4029 4039
42. M.J. Macias, and J. Ancheyta Simulation of an isothermal hydrodesulfurization small reactor with different catalyst particle shapes Catal. Today 98 2004 243 252