Title
Computational fluid dynamics study of crec riser simulator: mixing patterns
Conference Dates
May 22-27, 2016
Abstract
The CREC Riser Simulator Reactor is a novel mini-fluidized reactor. This novel device was invented by de Lasa 1. The applications of this unit has shown to be of great value to establish catalyst performance and kinetic models for a diversity of gas phase catalytic reactions. This has been the case, given that the CREC Riser Simulator is excellent with respect to particle and fluid mixing2.
This study establishes using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics), the CREC Riser Simulator mixing flow patterns. CFD simulations were developed using the COMSOL Multiphysics® module. Fig.1a reports the geometric characteristics of the CREC Riser Simulator including the impeller, the basket containing the catalyst and the external baffles.The proposed CFD model was validated using experimental data obtained in a basket as shown in Fig.1a. For instance, for an impeller speed of 4000 rpm, the outer annulus experimental gas velocity2 was ~0.9 m/s and the simulated CFD gas velocity2 was ~1.3 m/s.
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Recommended Citation
Hugo de Lasa, I. Ahmed, S. Rostom, and A. Lanza, "Computational fluid dynamics study of crec riser simulator: mixing patterns" in "Fluidization XV", Jamal Chaouki, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada Franco Berruti, Wewstern University, Canada Xiaotao Bi, UBC, Canada Ray Cocco, PSRI Inc. USA Eds, ECI Symposium Series, (2016). https://dc.engconfintl.org/fluidization_xv/12