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Modeling Partially Premixed Fast Chemical Reactions In Statistically Homogeneous Turbulent Flow Using One-Dimensional Equations Of Change, Yang Gi Kim, X. B. Reed Jan 1998

Modeling Partially Premixed Fast Chemical Reactions In Statistically Homogeneous Turbulent Flow Using One-Dimensional Equations Of Change, Yang Gi Kim, X. B. Reed

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A pseudospectral algorithm has been used to compute solutions u(x,t), Ax,t), B(x,t), and R(x,t) to one-dimensional equations of change incorporating the simple reaction A + B → R for statistically homogeneous random velocity and partially premixed reactant concentration fields. An initial turbulence Reynolds number of 400 has been used, together with Damkohler numbers of 102 and 103 for fast reactions and Schmidt numbers of 10-3, 1, and 102 to span a wide range of diffusivities. Evolving concentration profiles inform intuition in general and provide insight into the evolution of the single-point statistical measures in particular: (A), (B), (a2), (b2), (ab), …

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Experimental Measurements And Simulation Of Mixing And Chemical Reaction In A Stirred Tank, Robertp Zipp, Gary Kent Patterson Jan 1998

Experimental Measurements And Simulation Of Mixing And Chemical Reaction In A Stirred Tank, Robertp Zipp, Gary Kent Patterson

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Effects of mixing on the rate of second-order chemical reactions have been studied by measuring the time-average degree of conversion at enough points in a steady-state, continuous-flow stirred reactor to provide comparisons with numerical simulations of the same reactions using a standard Reynolds-averaged turbulence simulation code with an added closure. The reactants were introduced in widely separated feed streams in order to provide a difficult test for the measurements and simulations. Concentration and segregation measurements were made with two fluorescence based methods - one remote and one using a fiber optic probe. The rates of mixing and reaction were simulated …

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Investigation Of A Complex Reaction Network: Ii. Kinetics, Mechanism And Parameter Estimation, Y. Jiang, M. R. Khadilkar, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, M. P. Duduković, S. K. Chou, G. Ahmed, R. Kahney Jan 1998

Investigation Of A Complex Reaction Network: Ii. Kinetics, Mechanism And Parameter Estimation, Y. Jiang, M. R. Khadilkar, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, M. P. Duduković, S. K. Chou, G. Ahmed, R. Kahney

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Conventional Strategies for Discrimination of Intrinsic and Apparent Kinetics from Crushed- and Whole-Catalyst-Pellet Experimental Data, Respectively, Do Not Yield Satisfactory Results for the Reaction Network in the Manufacture of Α-Aminomethyl-2-Furanmethanol (Aminoalcohol) from Α-Nitromethyl-2-Furanmethanol (Nitroalcohol). Laboratory Trickle-Bed Reactor Tests in the Range of Concentration and Product Yield of Commercial Interest Are Utilized to Yield a Reasonable Set of Kinetic Parameters, Which Are Otherwise Unobtainable. This is Accomplished by Proposing a Reaction Network, a Plausible Mechanism, and Optimizing the Kinetic Parameters based on the Reactor-Model-Generated Performance Data to Fit Experimental Output Concentrations of All Species for the Entire Set of Experiments. a …

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Prediction Of Pressure Drop And Liquid Holdup In High-Pressure Trickle-Bed Reactors, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, M. R. Khadilkar, Y. Wu, M. P. Duduković Jan 1998

Prediction Of Pressure Drop And Liquid Holdup In High-Pressure Trickle-Bed Reactors, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, M. R. Khadilkar, Y. Wu, M. P. Duduković

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The Holub Et Al. (1992, 1993) Phenomenological Model for Pressure Drop and Liquid Holdup in Trickle Flow Regime at Atmospheric Pressure Was Noted by Al-Dahhan and Duduković (1994) to Systematically Underpredict Pressure Drop at High Pressure and High Gas Flow Rates. in This Study, the Holub Et Al. (1992, 1993) Model Has Been Extended to Account for the Interaction between the Gas and Liquid Phases by Incorporating the Velocity and the Shear Slip Factors between the Phases. as a Result, the Prediction of Pressure Drop at the Operating Conditions of Industrial Interest (High Pressure) Has Been Improved Noticeably Without Any …

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An Empirical Relation Between The Mark-Houwink-Sakurada Constants, P. Rai, Stephen L. Rosen Sep 1997

An Empirical Relation Between The Mark-Houwink-Sakurada Constants, P. Rai, Stephen L. Rosen

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Model Discrimination And Estimation Of The Intraparticle Mass Transfer Parameters For The Adsorption Of Bovine Serum Albumin Onto Porous Adsorbent Particles By The Use Of Experimental Frontal Analysis Data, G. A. Heeter, Athanasios I. Liapis Jul 1997

Model Discrimination And Estimation Of The Intraparticle Mass Transfer Parameters For The Adsorption Of Bovine Serum Albumin Onto Porous Adsorbent Particles By The Use Of Experimental Frontal Analysis Data, G. A. Heeter, Athanasios I. Liapis

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Experimental data from a chromatographic system involving the adsorption of bovine serum albumin (BSA) onto porous anion-exchange adsorbent particles packed in a column are presented. The parameters that characterize the mass transfer mechanisms of intraparticle diffusion and convection are estimated by fitting the predictions of dynamic mathematical models describing adsorption in column systems having spherical perfusive and purely diffusive adsorbent Particles to the experimental breakthrough data obtained from the column adsorption system. Both linear and nonlinear expressions for the equilibrium isotherm are considered. The values of the transport parameters are estimated in the time domain for the nonlinear adsorption models …

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Accumulation Of Lead By Anabaena Cylindrica: Mathematical Modeling And An Energy Dispersive X-Ray Study, David T. Swift, Daniel Forciniti Jul 1997

Accumulation Of Lead By Anabaena Cylindrica: Mathematical Modeling And An Energy Dispersive X-Ray Study, David T. Swift, Daniel Forciniti

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The ability of microorganisms to selectively adsorb various heavy metal ions has been recognized for over a decade. We have investigated the biosorption of lead by an active culture of the cyanobacterium Anabaena cylindrica. Energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis was used to evaluate the different uptake mechanisms in the various subcellular regions. Three were identified; a very fast adsorption mechanism in the cell envelope; a time- dependent deposition reaction on the cell surface; and an adsorption mechanism, also time dependent, on the polyphosphate body inside the cell. Atomic absorption spectrometry was then used to quantify the changes with time of bulk …

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Estimation Of Pore Diameter For Intraparticle Fluid Flow In Hidisperse Porous Chromatographic Particles, G. A. Heeter, Athanasios I. Liapis Feb 1997

Estimation Of Pore Diameter For Intraparticle Fluid Flow In Hidisperse Porous Chromatographic Particles, G. A. Heeter, Athanasios I. Liapis

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A quantitative method is developed and presented for estimating the mean pore diameter, d(pore), that could allow intraparticle fluid flow in the macroporous region of adsorbent particles with a bidisperse porous structure packed in a column. The method is used to estimate the value of d(pore) that is required to obtain specified values of the fraction, F, of the column superficial fluid velocity that is flowing through the macroporous region of the adsorbent particles and the value of d(pore) that is required to obtain specified values of the intraparticle Peclet number, Pe(intra).

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Affinity Adsorption Of Adsorbates Into Spherical Monodisperse And Bidisperse Porous Perfusive And Purely Diffusive Adsorbent Particles Packed In A Column. Parameter Estimation In The Laplace Transform Domain, G. A. Heeter, Athanasios I. Liapis Jan 1997

Affinity Adsorption Of Adsorbates Into Spherical Monodisperse And Bidisperse Porous Perfusive And Purely Diffusive Adsorbent Particles Packed In A Column. Parameter Estimation In The Laplace Transform Domain, G. A. Heeter, Athanasios I. Liapis

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A novel mathematical method for parameter estimation is proposed and used to estimate in the Laplace transform domain the values of the parameters that characterize the mechanisms of intraparticle diffusion and convection in spherical perfusive or purely diffusive adsorbent particles with a monodisperse or with a bidisperse porous structure when the adsorbent particles are packed in a column. The parameter estimation method in the Laplace transform domain presented in this work is significantly simpler, easier to use and dramatically faster than the conventional parameter estimation procedure in the time domain, which requires the repeated numerical solution of the partial differential …

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Tomographic And Particle Tracking Studies In A Liquid-Solid Riser, Shantanu Roy, Jinwen Chen, Sailesh B. Kumar, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, M. P. Duduković Jan 1997

Tomographic And Particle Tracking Studies In A Liquid-Solid Riser, Shantanu Roy, Jinwen Chen, Sailesh B. Kumar, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, M. P. Duduković

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A Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed is a Potential Reactor of Interest in a Variety of Industrial Processes, Such as Petroleum Refining, and in the Synthesis of Fine Chemicals, Petrochemicals, and Foodstuffs. Rapid Deactivation of the Solid Catalyst in These Processes Necessitates Regeneration and Regulation of the Solids into the Riser Section in Which the Principal Reaction is Accomplished. in This Study We Show that Computer-Automated Radioactive Particle Tracking (CARPT) Can Be Used to Obtain Solids Velocity Patterns in the Riser and that Backflow of Solids Exists at the Tested Liquid Velocities. Γ-Ray Computed Tomography (CT) Reveals Slightly Higher Solids Concentrations …

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Assessment Of The Effects Of High-Pressure Operation On The Liquid-Solid Mass-Transfer Coefficient In Trickle-Bed Reactors, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, W. Highfill, M. Friedman Jan 1997

Assessment Of The Effects Of High-Pressure Operation On The Liquid-Solid Mass-Transfer Coefficient In Trickle-Bed Reactors, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, W. Highfill, M. Friedman

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Trickle-Bed Reactors Are Used Widely in Industry and Are Usually Operated at High Pressure. All the Studies on Liquid-Solid Mass Transfer in Such Reactors Were Performed under Atmospheric Pressure And, Hence, the Empirical Correlations for Liquid-Solid Mass-Transfer Coefficients (K1s and K1sa) Were Developed based on Atmospheric Data. However, These Correlations Incorporate One or More of the Parameters Affected by Pressure (E.g., Liquid Holdup, Catalyst Wetting Efficiency, Pressure Drop, Gas Density). in This Work the Effects of High Pressure and High Gas Flow Rates on the Predicted Coefficients using Some of These Correlations Are Evaluated. It is Shown that There Are …

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High-Pressure Trickle-Bed Reactors: A Review, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Faical Larachi, Milorad P. Dudukovic, Andre Laurent Jan 1997

High-Pressure Trickle-Bed Reactors: A Review, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Faical Larachi, Milorad P. Dudukovic, Andre Laurent

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A Concise Review of Relevant Experimental Observations and Modeling of High-Pressure Trickle-Bed Reactors, based on Recent Studies, is Presented. the Following Topics Are Considered: Flow Regime Transitions, Pressure Drop, Liquid Holdup, Gas-Liquid Interfacial Area and Mass-Transfer Coefficient, Catalyst Wetting Efficiency, Catalyst Dilution with Inert Fines, and Evaluation of Trickle-Bed Models for Liquid-Limited and Gas-Limited Reactions. the Effects of High-Pressure Operation, Which is of Industrial Relevance, on the Physicochemical and Fluid Dynamic Parameters Are Discussed. Empirical and Theoretical Models Developed to Account for the Effect of High Pressure on the Various Parameters and Phenomena Pertinent to the Topics Discussed Are Briefly …

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Limitations And Dynamics Imposed On Multicomponent Batch Distillation By Tray Hydraulics, Keith G. Tomazi Jan 1997

Limitations And Dynamics Imposed On Multicomponent Batch Distillation By Tray Hydraulics, Keith G. Tomazi

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Batch distillation models incorporating a complete set of hydraulic relations, energy balances, and tray efficiencies and simpler models based upon constant molar holdup and zero holdup (the Rayleigh equation) were used to obtain distillation curves and optimal reflux policies. The approach to hydraulic limitations was monitored in the complete hydraulic model. The results indicate that during a multicomponent batch distillation the combination of the changes in the liquid composition and liquid flow rates causes the molar holdup on the trays to vary with time and, consequently, the characteristic time constant of the trays changes. The predicted composition profiles for descriptions …

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A Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Study Of Γ-Crystallins Near Their Isoelectric Point, Paul Petitt, Michael Eugene Edwards, Daniel Forciniti Jan 1997

A Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Study Of Γ-Crystallins Near Their Isoelectric Point, Paul Petitt, Michael Eugene Edwards, Daniel Forciniti

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In this paper, a small-angle neutron scattering study of γII-crystallins near their isoelectric point is presented. The experiments were carried out using protein concentrations of 5.7-85.7 mg/ml at temperatures in the range 11-60°C. The experimental data were analyzed using an ellipsoidal model for intraparticle correlations and the mean spherical approximation for interparticle correlations. Our studies revealed that γII-crystallins have a thick hydration layer, which is possibly due to the special arrangement of polar and ionic groups on their surface. The temperature scan shows that, as a result of relatively strong attractive forces, clusters of two, three, or higher oligomers are …

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Effects Of Structural And Kinetic Parameters On The Performance Of Chromatographic Columns Packed With Perfusive And Purely Diffusive Adsorbent Particles, G. A. Heeter, Athanasios I. Liapis Aug 1996

Effects Of Structural And Kinetic Parameters On The Performance Of Chromatographic Columns Packed With Perfusive And Purely Diffusive Adsorbent Particles, G. A. Heeter, Athanasios I. Liapis

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A mathematical model describing dynamic adsorption in columns with spherical bidisperse perfusive or spherical bidisperse purely diffusive adsorbent particles is used to study the effects of the structural parameters of the adsorbent particles and of the parameters of the adsorption mechanism on the performance of chromatographic systems involving the adsorption of bovine serum albumin onto anion-exchange porous adsorbent particles. Four structural parameters are studied: the particle diameter, d(p), the macropore void fraction, ε(p), the microparticle diameter, d(m) and the parameter φ which affects the value of the permeability of the adsorbent particle. Two parameters of the adsorption mechanism are studied: …

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Multi-Component Perfusion Chromatography In Fixed Bed And Periodic Counter Current Column Operation, G. A. Heeter, Athanasios I. Liapis May 1996

Multi-Component Perfusion Chromatography In Fixed Bed And Periodic Counter Current Column Operation, G. A. Heeter, Athanasios I. Liapis

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A mathematical model of multi-component dynamic adsorption in columns with spherical perfusive and spherical purely diffusive adsorbent particles with a bidisperse porous structure is constructed, solved, and used to study the performance of a binary adsorption system in a single-column fixed-bed process and in a two-column periodic countercurrent process in which the adsorbent is equally distributed over two beds. The total length of the two-column periodic counter-current system is equal to the length of the single-column fixed-bed system. The performance of fixed-bed and periodic counter-current systems with both perfusive and purely diffusive adsorbent particles is examined for different values of …

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Modelling And Analysis Of The Elution Stage Of "Perfusion Chromatography" Effects Of Intraparticle Convective Velocity And Microsphere Size On System Performance, Y. Xu, Athanasios I. Liapis Feb 1996

Modelling And Analysis Of The Elution Stage Of "Perfusion Chromatography" Effects Of Intraparticle Convective Velocity And Microsphere Size On System Performance, Y. Xu, Athanasios I. Liapis

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A mathematical model describing the dynamic elution (elution stage) in columns with spherical bidisperse perfusive or spherical bidisperse purely diffusive adsorbent particles is presented and its solution is obtained numerically. The desorption of bovine serum albumin (BSA) from spherical anion-exchange porous particles was studied for different values of the intraparticle Peclet numbers of the adsorbate, (Peintra)a, and eluent, (Peintra)e, and of the microsphere diameter, dm. It was found that as (Peintra)a increases, the asymmetry of the elution peak of the adsorbate (at the exit of the column) decreases, the peak height increases and the time, Te, required for the elution …

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Modified Contactor For Experimental Studies Of Mass Transfer And Chemical Reaction Across A Liquid-Liquid Interface, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Charles E. Wicks Jan 1996

Modified Contactor For Experimental Studies Of Mass Transfer And Chemical Reaction Across A Liquid-Liquid Interface, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Charles E. Wicks

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A Modified Stirred-Cell Type Contactor Has Been Designed and Tested for its Use in Experimental Investigations of Mass Transfer and Chemical Reaction in Liquid-Liquid Systems. its Design overcomes the Shortcomings of Previously Proposed Contactors. It is Easy to Operate and Has the Ability to Investigate the Effect of a Wide Range of Operating Conditions. the Mixing Performance of the Contactor Was Tested using a Dye Injection and a Tracer Technique. Experiments to Evaluate Mass-Transfer Coefficients Across a Liquid-Liquid Interface Have Been Conducted to Determine its Effectiveness. the Results Verified that the Contactor Could Be Successfully Employed as a Useful Experimental …

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Evaluation Of Trickle Bed Reactor Models For A Liquid Limited Reaction, Yuanxin Wu, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Mohan R. Khadilkar, Milorad P. Dudukovic Jan 1996

Evaluation Of Trickle Bed Reactor Models For A Liquid Limited Reaction, Yuanxin Wu, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Mohan R. Khadilkar, Milorad P. Dudukovic

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The Isothermal Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide on a CuCr Catalyst in a Laboratory Scale Trickle Bed Reactor Was Used to Test Model Predictions of the Dependence of Liquid Reactant Conversion on Space Time for Different Operating Conditions. It is Assured that the Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide is a First Order Liquid-Limited Reaction. Comparison of Model Predictions and Experimental Data Indicates that Both External Mass Transfer Effects and Incomplete External Catalyst Wetting Need to Be Accounted For. Dudukovic's (1977) Approximate Model for the Catalyst Effectiveness Factor Adequately Simulates Both Effects.

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Comparison Of Trickle-Bed And Upflow Reactor Performance At High Pressure: Model Predictions And Experimental Observations, M. R. Khadilkar, Y. X. Wu, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, M. P. Dudukovic, M. Colakyan Jan 1996

Comparison Of Trickle-Bed And Upflow Reactor Performance At High Pressure: Model Predictions And Experimental Observations, M. R. Khadilkar, Y. X. Wu, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, M. P. Dudukovic, M. Colakyan

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Comparison of Laboratory Trickle-Bed and Up-Flow Reactors over a Range of Operating Conditions, Which Cover Both Gas and Liquid Reactant Limitations, Has Been Investigated using Hydrogenation of Alpha-Methylstyrene to Cumene in a Hexane Solvent over 2.5% Pd on Alumina Extrudate Catalyst as a Test Reaction. the Results Show that When the Reaction is Gas Limited at Low Pressure and High Liquid Feed Concentration, Trickle Bed Reactor Outperforms the Upflow Reactor. at High Pressure and Low Liquid Feed Concentration, the Reaction Becomes Liquid Limited and Upflow Reactor Performs Better. It is Concluded that the Advantage of Upflow or Downflow Depends on …

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Unsteady Conjugate Mass Transfer Between A Single Droplet And An Ambient Flow With External Chemical Reaction, Leonid S. Kleinman, X. B. Reed Jan 1996

Unsteady Conjugate Mass Transfer Between A Single Droplet And An Ambient Flow With External Chemical Reaction, Leonid S. Kleinman, X. B. Reed

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Unsteady conjugate mass transfer between a spherical bubble, droplet, or particle and a surrounding fluid flow with chemical reaction in the continuous phase has been analyzed. An algorithm based on spectral methods has been developed and implemented for the simulation of the interphase mass transfer. The influence of Pe (convection) and Da (rate of external reaction), but in particular of D (diffusivity ratio) and H (distribution coefficient), which characterize the coupling features of the conjugate mass transfer, is studied in a wider range of parameters than earlier investigations. The asymptotic regime of mass transfer is investigated for long times, and …

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Comparison Of Upflow And Downflow Two-Phase Flow Packed-Bed Reactors With And Without Fines: Experimental Observations, Yuanxin Wu, Mohan R. Khadilkar, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Milorad P. Duduković Jan 1996

Comparison Of Upflow And Downflow Two-Phase Flow Packed-Bed Reactors With And Without Fines: Experimental Observations, Yuanxin Wu, Mohan R. Khadilkar, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Milorad P. Duduković

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This Study Compares the Performance of Laboratory Trickle-Bed and Upflow Reactors over a Range of Operating Conditions, using the Hydrogenation of Α-Methylstyrene to Cumene in Hexane Solvent over 2.5% Pd on Alumina Extrudate Catalyst as a Test Reaction. It is Shown that the Trickle Bed Performs Better Than the Upflow Reactor at Low Pressures When the Reaction is Gas Limited, Due to Ready Access of the Gas to the Incompletely Externally Wetted Catalyst, While the Upflow Reactor Performs Better at High Pressures When the Liquid Reactant Limitation Controls the Rate, Due to the Completely Wetted Catalyst. Comparison of the Two …

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A Robust Path Tracking Algorithm For Homotopy Continuation, S. H. Choi, D. A. Harney, Neil L. Book Jan 1996

A Robust Path Tracking Algorithm For Homotopy Continuation, S. H. Choi, D. A. Harney, Neil L. Book

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Conventional path tracking algorithms used in homotopy continuation systems sometimes miss roots owing to jumping from one segment of the homotopy path to another even if there exists homotopy paths to the roots. A robust path tracking algorithm is proposed which loses significant efficiency only on those portions of the path where segment jumping is likely to occur. The method presented here basically performs the predictor-corrector procedure using the Euler predictor and the Newton corrector. Any available algorithm can be used to control the step size. Robustness is achieved by adding the following rule: control the step size so that …

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Catalyst Bed Dilution For Improving Catalyst Wetting In Laboratory Trickle-Bed Reactors, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Milorad P. Duduković Jan 1996

Catalyst Bed Dilution For Improving Catalyst Wetting In Laboratory Trickle-Bed Reactors, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Milorad P. Duduković

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The Catalyst Bed Dilution Technique Has Found Rather Widespread Applications as a Means of Producing Reliable and Reproducible Results for Successful Scale-Up and Scale-Down When Testing Commercially Used Catalyst Particle Sizes and Alternative Feedstocks in Small-Scale Laboratory Trickle-Bed Reactors. in Such Small-Diameter Laboratory Units When the Catalyst Used in Commercial Units is Employed as the Only Packing, Low Liquid Velocities Lead to Incomplete Catalyst Utilization Due to Incomplete External Catalyst Wetting, Liquid Maldistribution, and Wall Effects. Diluting the Bed with Fines is Recommended to Remedy These Shortcomings. the Effect of the Bed Dilution with Fines on Catalyst Wetting Efficiency, Pressure …

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Size-Dependent Adsorption Models In Microporous Materials. 2. Comparison With Experimental Data, Manuela Giustiniani, Massimiliano Giona, Douglas K. Ludlow Nov 1995

Size-Dependent Adsorption Models In Microporous Materials. 2. Comparison With Experimental Data, Manuela Giustiniani, Massimiliano Giona, Douglas K. Ludlow

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In This Article, We Complete the Study of Size-Scaling Effects and of the Keller Model, presenting a Detailed Analysis of the Application of This Model to a Broad Range of Experimental Data on Microporous Materials (In Particular, Activated Carbon and Zeolites). Particular Attention is Focused on the Temperature Dependence of the Freundlich Exponents Αi, on the Functional Form of the Adsorption Energies, and on the Application of Keller Adsorption Isotherms in a Predictive Way to Generic Multicomponent Mixtures. © 1995, American Chemical Society. All Rights Reserved.

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Interphase Mass Transfer From Bubbles, Drops, And Solid Spheres: Diffusional Transport Enhanced By External Chemical Reaction, Leonid S. Kleinman, X. B. Reed Oct 1995

Interphase Mass Transfer From Bubbles, Drops, And Solid Spheres: Diffusional Transport Enhanced By External Chemical Reaction, Leonid S. Kleinman, X. B. Reed

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Interphase mass transfer has been analyzed for a reactant being transferred from a sphere into a quiescent, infinite continuous phase where it undergoes a chemical reaction. Ranges of the diffusivity ratio D, the distribution coefficient H, and the Damköhler number Da have been delineated, within which the overall resistance to mass transfer may be reasonably ascribed to the sum of the individual resistances in each of the two phases. Outside these parameter ranges, the resistances for two decoupled mass transfer problems may not be added to give the overall resistance to the coupled mass transfer problem. An alternative procedure for …

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Perfusion Chromatography: Performance Of Periodic Countercurrent Column Operation And Its Comparison With Fixed-Bed Operation, G. A. Heeter, Athanasios I. Liapis Sep 1995

Perfusion Chromatography: Performance Of Periodic Countercurrent Column Operation And Its Comparison With Fixed-Bed Operation, G. A. Heeter, Athanasios I. Liapis

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Simulation studies using mathematical models that describe the single-component adsorption of bovine serum albumin into spherical bidisperse perfusive and spherical bidisperse purely diffusive anion-exchange porous adsorbent particles in a single-column fixed-bed system and in a two-column periodic countercurrent system in which the adsorbent is equally distributed over two beds are presented. The total length of the two-column periodic countercurrent system is equal to the length of the single-column fixed-bed system, and studies are performed for different values of the intraparticle Peclet number, Peintra, and of the microsphere diameter, dm. In the single-column fixed-bed system, the percentage utilization of the adsorptive …

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Precision Total Pressure Measurements Of Propyne With Propane, Propene, And Propadiene, Edward A. Kyser, David B. Manley Jul 1995

Precision Total Pressure Measurements Of Propyne With Propane, Propene, And Propadiene, Edward A. Kyser, David B. Manley

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Experimental total pressure measurements of propyne mixed with propane, propene, and propadiene are presented for five isotherms from 253 to 353 K. Thermodynamically consistent vapor compositions and saturated phase densities are calculated using a cubic equation of state with three isothermal pure component parameters and two binary mixture parameters. The precision vapor—liquid equilibrium cell and experimental procedure which are particularly useful for measurements involving close boiling light hydrocarbons are described, and the experimental and modeled results are presented. © 1995, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.

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Reproducible Technique For Packing Laboratory-Scale Trickle-Bed Reactors With A Mixture Of Catalyst And Fines, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Yuanxin Wu, Milorad P. Duduković Feb 1995

Reproducible Technique For Packing Laboratory-Scale Trickle-Bed Reactors With A Mixture Of Catalyst And Fines, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Yuanxin Wu, Milorad P. Duduković

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A Reproducible Procedure for Packing Small-Diameter Packed Beds with a Mixture of Fines and Catalyst is Reported. Such Beds Are Essential for Process Catalyst Testing in Trickle-Flow Reactors. Packing Uniformity Along the Bed, Reproducibility of Single-Phase Pressure Drop and Reproducibility of Liquid Holdup and Two-Phase Flow Pressure Drop in Repacked Beds Has Been Demonstrated. © 1995, American Chemical Society. All Rights Reserved.

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Catalyst Wetting Efficiency In Trickle-Bed Reactors At High Pressure, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Milorad P. Duduković Jan 1995

Catalyst Wetting Efficiency In Trickle-Bed Reactors At High Pressure, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Milorad P. Duduković

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Trickle-Bed Reactors Are Widely Used in Industrial High Pressure Operations (Up to 30 MPa). the Knowledge of Catalyst Wetting Efficiency as a Function of Operating Conditions is Needed for Relating Laboratory and Pilot Scale Reactor Data to Large Scale Reactor Operation. the Available Predictions of the Wetting Efficiency Rest on Data Collected at Atmospheric Pressure. in This Study a Phenomenological Analysis Has Been Developed to Relate the Wetting Efficiency with Operating Conditions Such as Reactor Pressure, Gas and Liquid Flow Rate. Experimental Data for the Wetting Efficiency at High Pressure Have Been Obtained Via a Tracer Technique. the Data Support …

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