Advanced Modeling of Reactive Separation Units with Structured Packings
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E. Y Kenig
Reactive separations combining mass transfer with simultaneous chemical reactions within a single column unit provide an important synergistic effect and bring about several advantages. The influence of column internals in reactive separations increases significantly, because these internals have to enhance both separation and reaction and maintain a sound balance between them. To solve this problem, a novel generation of column internals with enhanced mass transfer performance and low pressure drop has been created. Among them, corrugated packings of the regular type or structured packings have gained a wide acceptance.This paper gives a state-of-the-art review of the structured packings modeling methods, focusing on two innovative and particularly promising approaches. The first of them is based on the application of CFD, whereas the second one employs the idea of hydrodynamic analogy between complex and simple flow patterns. Both approaches are illustrated with several case studies.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Review
- A Generalized Kinetic Model for Hydrometallurgical Processes
- Advanced Modeling of Reactive Separation Units with Structured Packings
- Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Tools for Gravity Concentrators in Coal Preparation
- Article
- CFD Diagnosis of the Cyclotol Manufacturing Plant: Product Quality and Process Operation
- Performance Analysis of Three Controllers for the Polymerisation of Styrene in a Batch Reactor
- Enhanced Explicit Scheme to Solve Transient Heat Conduction Problem
- Analysis and Simulation of Cross-Flow Reactor for Ethylene Epoxidation
- Learning to Control pH Processes at Multiple Time Scales: Performance Assessment in a Laboratory Plant
- Estimating Output Variance in Closed Loop Systems
- CFD Simulations for Continuous Flow of Bubbles through Gas-Liquid Columns: Application of VOF Method
- Inference of Chemical Reaction Networks Using Hybrid S-system Models
- Optimization of the Variable Reflux Ratio in a Batch Distillation Column through a Heuristic Method
- Spatial and Temporal Resolution in Data-Driven Process Modeling of an Integrated Newsprint Mill
