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Measuring Gas-Liquid Distribution In A Pilot Scale Monolith Reactor Via An Industrial Tomography Scanner (Its), M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, A. Kemoun, A. R. Cartolano, S. Roy, R. Dobson, J. Williams Jun 2007

Measuring Gas-Liquid Distribution In A Pilot Scale Monolith Reactor Via An Industrial Tomography Scanner (Its), M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, A. Kemoun, A. R. Cartolano, S. Roy, R. Dobson, J. Williams

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An Industrial Tomography Scanner (ITS) Was Designed and Developed to Study and Quantify the Phase Distribution in a Two-Phase Flow Pilot Scale Monolith Reactor that Was 24 In. (0.60 M) in Diameter and 192 In. (4.9 M) in Height. the Monolith Reactor Was Operated Co-Current Up-Flow in the Taylor Flow Regime with Water as the Liquid Phase and Air as the Gas Phase. the Cross-Sectional Holdup Distributions Were Measured at Three Axial Elevations. the Operating Conditions Were Selected to Bracket Commercial Operating Conditions for Fixed Bed Monolithic Reactor Systems. the Results Show that its Can Capture the Flow Features in …


Flow Distribution Characteristics Of A Gas-Liquid Monolith Reactor, Shaibal Roy, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan Aug 2005

Flow Distribution Characteristics Of A Gas-Liquid Monolith Reactor, Shaibal Roy, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan

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Flow Distribution Characteristics in a 0.05 M Diameter Monolith Reactor, Operated Co-Current Downward in the Taylor Flow Regime, Was Investigated and Quantified using Gamma Ray Computed Tomography (CT). the Results Indicate that the Flow Distribution is a Strong Function of Liquid Distributor Design, and Gas and Liquid Superficial Velocities. Additionally, within the Range of Gas and Liquid Superficial Velocities Investigated, a Window of Operating Condition (Gas and Liquid Velocities) Was Identified Which Resulted in a Close to Uniform Phase Distribution. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All Rights Reserved.


Liquid Saturation And Gas-Liquid Distribution In Multiphase Monolithic Reactors, Tobias Bauer, Shaibal Roy, Ruediger Lange, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan Jun 2005

Liquid Saturation And Gas-Liquid Distribution In Multiphase Monolithic Reactors, Tobias Bauer, Shaibal Roy, Ruediger Lange, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan

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The Monolith Bed is One of the Promising Catalytic Reactors for a Number of Chemical Gas-Liquid-Solid Processes. in the Present Work, Liquid Saturations for Five Different Monoliths Have Been Investigated Experimentally in a Cold-Flow Unit with a Reactor Diameter of 5.0 Cm. the Influences of Gas and Liquid Flow Rates and of the Direction of Two-Phase Flow on Liquid Saturation Were Examined. the Results Indicate that the Direction of Flow Has No Significant Influence on Liquid Saturation for Proper Gas-Liquid Distribution. the Experimental Results Are in Good Agreement with Predictions of the Drift Flux Model using the Distribution Parameter Proposed …


Flow Distribution Characteristics Of A Gas-Liquid Monolith Reactor Using Computed Tomography, Shaibal Roy, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan Jan 2005

Flow Distribution Characteristics Of A Gas-Liquid Monolith Reactor Using Computed Tomography, Shaibal Roy, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan

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Flow Distribution Characteristics Were Investigated and Quantified in a 0.05 M Diameter Monolith Reactor, Operated Co-Current Downward in the Taylor Flow Regime, using Gamma Ray Computed Tomography (CT). the Flow Conditions Were Selected to Operate the Reactor in the Taylor Flow Regime and to Bracket Some Commercially Viable Operating Conditions for Such Reactors. Various Operating Parameters Were Evaluated for their Effect on the Degree of Flow Non-Uniformity in the Monolith Crosssection. the Results Show that within the Range of Gas and Liquid Superficial Velocities Investigated, There Exists a Window of Operating Conditions (Intermediate Gas and Liquid Velocities) Which Corresponds to …


Statistical Characterization Of Macroscale Multiphase Flow Textures In Trickle Beds, Y. Jiang, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, M. P. Duduković Mar 2001

Statistical Characterization Of Macroscale Multiphase Flow Textures In Trickle Beds, Y. Jiang, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, M. P. Duduković

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Experimental Studies (Lutran Et Al., Ind. Engng Chem. Res. 30 (1991) 1270; Ravindra Et Al., Ind. Engng Chem. Res. 36 (1997) 5133) and Numerical Simulation (Jiang Et Al., Chem. Engng Sci. 54 (1999) 2409-2419) Lead to the Conclusion that Fluid Flow Distribution in Trickle Beds is a Function of Bed Structure (I.e. Porosity Distribution), Particle External Wetting and Inlet Superficial Velocities of the Two Fluids. in This Study, Quantitative Relationships among the above Parameters Are Developed in a Statistical Manner through a Series of Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations. the Contribution of Capillary Forces to Liquid Maldistribution is Significant in the …


Single Phase Flow Modeling In Packed Beds: Discrete Cell Approach Revisited, Y. Jiang, M. R. Khadilkar, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, M. P. Dudukovic May 2000

Single Phase Flow Modeling In Packed Beds: Discrete Cell Approach Revisited, Y. Jiang, M. R. Khadilkar, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, M. P. Dudukovic

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A Discrete Cell Model (DCM), based on the Minimization of the Total Rate of Energy Dissipation, is Applied to Compute the Fluid Velocity Field in Two-Dimensional Packed Beds. the Analysis of the Individual Terms of the Energy Dissipation Rate Equation is Also Presented. the Results Obtained by DCM Are Validated Both by Comparing Them with the Solutions of Ensemble-Averaged Momentum and Mass Conservation Equations (CFDLIB Code) and by Available Experimental Results. the Differences between DCM and CFD Simulations Were Found to Be Confined to within a 10% Band over a Wide Range of Reynolds Numbers (Re' = 5-171). Thus, a …