Modelling reactive distillation

R Taylor, R Krishna - Chemical engineering science, 2000 - Elsevier
The design and operation issues for reactive distillation systems are considerably more
complex than those involved for either conventional reactors or conventional distillation …

CFD applied to process development in the oil and gas industry–a review

L Raynal, F Augier, F Bazer-Bachi… - Oil & Gas Science …, 2016 - ogst.ifpenergiesnouvelles.fr
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is increasingly used in the oil and gas industry. The
present article aims to show how CFD can be used at all steps of the development of a new …

Modelling sieve tray hydraulics using computational fluid dynamics

JM Van Baten, R Krishna - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2000 - Elsevier
We develop a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for describing the hydrodynamics
of sieve trays. The gas and liquid phases are modelled in the Eulerian framework as two …

Design and optimisation of a multi-stage bubble column slurry reactor for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

C Maretto, R Krishna - Catalysis Today, 2001 - Elsevier
For carrying out the Fischer–Tropsch synthesis of heavy paraffins starting from syngas (CO+
H2), a multi-stage bubble column slurry reactor design is carried out. The advantages of this …

CFD modeling of flow patterns and hydraulics of commercial‐scale sieve trays

G Gesit, K Nandakumar, KT Chuang - AIChE journal, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was used to predict the flow patterns and
hydraulics of a commercial‐scale sieve tray. The model considers the 3‐D two‐phase flow of …

Eulerian-Eulerian numerical simulation for a flue gas desulfurization tower with perforated sieve trays

CC Tseng, CJ Li - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018 - Elsevier
The CFD simulation based on the Eulerian-Eulerian model has been utilized to a small-
scale Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) tower with perforated sieve trays. Most of the relevant …

CFD and experimental studies of liquid wee** in the circular sieve tray columns

A Zarei, SH Hosseini, R Rahimi - Chemical Engineering Research and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Sieve trays are widely used in fractionating devices like tray distillation towers existing in
separation and purification industries. The wee** phenomenon that has a critical effect on …

CFD simulation of hydrodynamics of valve tray

XG Li, SM Xu, H Li - Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process …, 2009 - Elsevier
A transient computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed to predict the
hydraulics of a full open valve tray. The model studied the three-dimensional two-phase flow …

Hydrodynamic study of different configurations of sieve trays for a dividing wall column by using experimental and CFD methods

MS Lavasani, R Rahimi, M Zivdar - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Several types of sieve trays for DWC are tested experimentally.•A novel kind of
sieve tray is suggested for divided wall column.•The operating limit of trays was determined …

The effect of tray geometry on the sieve tray efficiency

R Rahimi, MM Sotoodeh, E Bahramifar - Chemical engineering science, 2012 - Elsevier
In this research a 3-D two phase CFD model in Eulerian–Eulerian framework was
developed to study sieve trays efficiency, hydraulics and mass transfer. To estimate the …