Experimental study of heat transport in catalytic sponge packings by monitoring spatial temperature profiles in a cooled-wall reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 244, Issue , 2014, Pages 234-242

  Gräf, Ingo ^a   Rühl, Anne Kathrin ^a   Kraushaar Czarnetzki, Bettina ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benzene hydrogenation; Catalyst supports; Effective two phase thermal conductivity; Open cell foams; Packed bed of particles; Sponges

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894104536     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.01.060     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Reitzmann A., Patcas F.C., Kraushaar-Czarnetzki B. Keramische Schwämme - Anwendungspotenzial monolithischer Netzstrukturen als katalytische Packungen. Chem. Ing. Tech. 2006, 78:885-898.
2. Twigg M.V., Richardson J.T. Fundamentals and applications of structured ceramic foam catalysts. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2007, 46:4166-4177.
3. Groppi G., Tronconi E. Design of novel monolith catalyst supports for gas/solid reactions with heat exchange. Chem. Eng. Sci. 2000, 55:2161-2171.
4. Giani L., Groppi G., Tronconi E. Heat transfer characterization of metallic foams. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2005, 44:9078-9085.
5. Richardson J.T., Remue D., Hung J.K. Properties of ceramic foam catalyst supports: mass and heat transfer. Appl. Catal., A 2003, 250:319-329.
6. Schlegel A., Benz P., Buser S. Wärmeübertragung und Druckabfall in keramischen Schaumstrukturen bei erzwungener Strömung. Wärme- und Stoffübertragung 1993, 28:259-266.
7. Younis L.B., Viskanta R. Experimental determination of the volumetric heat transfer coefficient between stream of air and ceramic foam. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 1993, 36:1425-1434.
8. Schildhauer T.J., Pangarkar K., van Ommen J.R., Nijenhuis J., Moulijn J.A., Kapteijn F. Heat transport in structured packings with two-phase co-current downflow. Chem. Eng. J. 2012, 185:250-266.
9. Peng Y., Richardson J.T. Properties of ceramic foam catalyst supports: one-dimensional and two-dimensional heat transfer correlations. Appl. Catal., A 2004, 266:235-244.
10. Dietrich B., Kind M., Martin H. Axial two-phase thermal conductivity of ceramic sponges - experimental results and correlation. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 2011, 54:2276-2282.
11. Edouard D., Huu T.T., Huu C.P., Luck F., Schweich D. The effective thermal properties of solid foam beds: experimental and estimated temperature profiles. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 2010, 53:3807-3816.
12. Bianchi E., Heidig T., Visconti C.G., Groppi G., Freund H., Tronconi E. An appraisal of the heat transfer properties of metallic open-cell foams for strongly exo-/endo-thermic catalytic processes in tubular reactors. Chem. Eng. J. 2012, 198:512-528.
13. Thoméo J.C., Rouiller C.O., Freire J.T. Experimental analysis of heat transfer in packed beds with air flow. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2004, 43:4140-4148.
14. Horn R., Williams K., Degenstein N., Schmidt L. Syngas by catalytic partial oxidation of methane on rhodium: mechanistic conclusions from spatially resolved measurements and numerical simulations. J. Catal. 2006, 242:92-102.
15. Mongkhonsi T., Lopez-Isunza H.F., Kershenbaum L.S. The distortion of measured temperature profiles in fixed-bed reactors. Chem. Eng. Res. Des. 1992, 70:255-264.
16. Kuczynski M., Oyevaar M.H., Pieters R.T., Westerterp K.R. Methanol synthesis in a countercurrent gas-solid-solid trickle flow reactor. An experimental study. Chem. Eng. Sci. 1987, 42:1887-1898.
17. Jorge L.M., Jorge R.M., Giudici R. Experimental and numerical investigation of dynamic heat transfer parameters in packed bed. Heat Mass Transfer 2010, 46:1355-1365.
18. Horn R., Degenstein N.J., Williams K.A., Schmidt L.D. Spatial and temporal profiles in millisecond partial oxidation processes. Catal. Lett. 2006, 110:169-178.
19. Mülheims P., Kraushaar-Czarnetzki B. Temperature profiles and process performances of sponge packings as compared to spherical catalysts in the oxidation o-xylene to phthalic anhydride. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2011, 50:9925-9935.
20. 4-Mn/SiC monolithic foam catalyst with improved thermal properties for the oxidative coupling of methane. Catal. Commun. 2008, 9:1302-1306.
21. Große J., Dietrich B., Martin H., Kind M., Vicente J., Hardy E.H. Volume image analysis of ceramic sponges. Chem. Eng. Technol. 2008, 31:307-314.
22. Grosse J., Dietrich B., Garrido G.I., Habisreuther P., Zarzalis N., Martin H., Kind M., Kraushaar-Czarnetzki B. Morphological characterization of ceramic sponges for applications in chemical engineering. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2009, 48:10395-10401.
23. Dietrich B., Schell G., Bucharsky E.C., Oberacker R., Hoffmann M.J., Schabel W., Kind M., Martin H. Determination of the thermal properties of ceramic sponges. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 2010, 53:198-205.
24. Linsmeier K.-D. Technische Keramik 2010, Süddeutscher Verlag onpact GmbH, München.
25. Franco H., Phillips M.J. Gas phase hydrogenation of benzene on supported nickel catalyst. J. Catal. 1980, 63:346-354.
26. Van Meerten R.Z.C., Coenen J.W.E. Gas phase benzene hydrogenation on a nickel-silica catalyst. I. Experimental data and phenomenological description. J. Catal. 1975, 37:37-43.
27. Lakshmanan R., Rouleau D. Kinetics of the vapour-phase hydrogenation of benzene over a supported nickel catalyst in a stirred-vessel reactor. J. App. Chem. 1970, 20:312-319.
28. 3-deposited metallic foam catalyst for GTL-FPSO process. Fuel Process. Technol. 2013, 112:28-34.
29. Mülheims P., Marz S., Müller S.P., Kraushaar-Czarnetzki B. Fitting solid sponges into a reactor tube concerning the partial oxidation of o-xylene as an example. Chem. Ing. Tech. 2011, 83:286-294.
30. Dietrich B., Schabel W., Kind M., Martin H. Pressure drop measurements of ceramic sponges-determining the hydraulic diameter. Chem. Eng. Sci. 2009, 64:3633-3640.
31. Calmidi V.V., Mahajan R.L. The effective thermal conductivity of high porosity fibrous metal foams. J. Heat Transfer 1999, 121:466-471.
32. Coquard R., Loretz M., Baillis D. Conductive heat transfer in metallic/ceramic open-cell foams. Adv. Eng. Mater. 2008, 10:323-337.
33. S. Decker, F. Durst, D. Trimis, S. Nemoda, V. Stamatov, M. Steven, M. Becker, T. Fend, B. Hoffschmidt, O. Reutter, Thermisch beaufschlagte Porenkörper und deren Durchströmungs- und Wärmeübertragungseigenschaften, Abschlussbericht DFG Projekt DU 101/55-1, 2002.
34. Boomsma K., Poulikakos D. On the effective thermal conductivity of a three-dimensionally structured fluid-saturated metal foam. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 2001, 44:827-836.
35. B. Dietrich, Thermische Charakterisierung von keramischen Schwammstrukturen für verfahrenstechnische Apparate, Ph.D. Thesis, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 2010.