Numerical analysis of a reacting gas/Solid flow in the riser section of an industrial fluid catalytic cracking unit

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Benyahia, Sofiane ^a   Ortiz, Agustin Gonzalez ^b   Paredes, José Ignacio Paz ^b  

^a ANSYS INC   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Circulating fluidized bed; Fluid catalytic cracking; Gas solid flow; Multiphase flow hydrodynamic; Reaction kinetics

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; CATALYSTS; CATALYTIC CRACKING; CONSERVATION; CRACKS; CRUDE OIL; DENSITY OF GASES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASES; GASOLINE; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF GASES; FLUIDIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

CATALYST DISTRIBUTION; CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; CONSERVATION OF MASS; FLOW HYDRODYNAMICS; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING(FCC); GAS/SOLID FLOW; MULTI-PHASE FLOW MODELS; CRACKING REACTIONS; DESIGN DATA; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT; GAS-SOLIDS FLOW; HEAVY HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL FLUIDS; MULTIPHASE FLOW HYDRODYNAMIC; REACTING GAS;

FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING;

EID: 85015542783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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