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System And Process For Upgrading Hydrocarbons, Dennis N. Bingham, Kerry M. Klingler, Joseph D. Smith, Terry D. Turner, Bruce M. Wilding
System And Process For Upgrading Hydrocarbons, Dennis N. Bingham, Kerry M. Klingler, Joseph D. Smith, Terry D. Turner, Bruce M. Wilding
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In one embodiment, a system for upgrading a hydrocarbon material may include a black wax upgrade subsystem and a molten salt gasification (MSG) subsystem. The black wax upgrade subsystem and the MSG subsystem may be located within a common pressure boundary, such as within a pressure vessel. Gaseous materials produced by the MSG subsystem may be used in the process carried out within the black wax upgrade subsystem. For example, hydrogen may pass through a gaseous transfer interface to interact with black wax feed material to hydrogenate such material during a cracking process. In one embodiment, the gaseous transfer interface …
Scale-Up And On-Line Monitoring Of Gas-Solid Systems Using Advanced And Non-Invasive Measurement Techniques, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Shreekanta Aradhya, Faraj Zaid, Neven Ali, Thaar Aljuwaya
Scale-Up And On-Line Monitoring Of Gas-Solid Systems Using Advanced And Non-Invasive Measurement Techniques, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Shreekanta Aradhya, Faraj Zaid, Neven Ali, Thaar Aljuwaya
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Industry relies on gas-solid systems for numerous processes. Flow dynamics play an important role in achieving the desired results. The present study proposes, validates and demonstrates a novel mechanistic scale-up approach based on maintaining similar radial profile or cross sectional distribution of gas holdup in two different gas-solid systems in order to achieve hydrodynamics similarity using advanced measurement techniques. This new methodology for scale-up and design has been implemented on gas-solid spouted bed which has been used for drying, granulation and coating. The development can be extrapolated to other gas-solid systems encountered in phosphate processes.