Simulation of an industrial adiabatic multi-bed catalytic reactor for sulfur dioxide oxidation using the Maxwell-Stefan model

Fecha

2015-12-15

Autores

Gomez-Garcia, Miguel-Angel
Dobrosz-Gomez, Izabela
Gil Pavas, E.
Rynkowski, Jacek

Título de la revista

ISSN de la revista

Título del volumen

Editor

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA

Resumen

In this work, a rigorous heterogeneous model for the analysis of an industrial adiabatic multi-bed catalytic reactor for sulfur dioxide oxidation was developed. It was based on the Maxwell-Stefan diffusional model, which was selected from the analysis of the Maxwell-Stefan diffusivity and the thermodynamic correction factor matrix. The reactor model, implemented in MatLab, allowed evaluating truthfully the behavior of each catalytic bed (e.g., concentration, conversion, pressure and temperature profiles) with errors lower than 3%. Additionally, the effectiveness factor variation along the reactor was estimated. Thus, a better understanding of the effect of diffusional resistances on reactor performance was possible. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Descripción

Citación

Colecciones