Experimental analysis and evaluation of the mass transfer process in a trickle-bed reactor

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A transient experimental analysis of a three-phase descendent-cocurrent trickle-bed H2O/CH4Ar/γ-Al2O3 system was made using the stimulus-response technique, with the gas phase as a reference. Methane was used as a tracer and injected into the argon feed and the concentration vs time profiles were obtained at the entrance and exit of the bed, which were maintained at 298K and 1.013 105 Pa. A mathematical model for the tracer was developed to estimate the axial dispersion overall gas-liquid mass transfer and liquid-solid mass transfer coefficients. Experimental and theoretical results were compared and shown to be in good agreement. The model was validated by two additional experiments, and the values of the coefficients obtained above were confirmed.

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Silva, J. D., Lima, F. R. A., Abreu, C. A. M., & Knoechelmann, A. (2003). Experimental analysis and evaluation of the mass transfer process in a trickle-bed reactor. Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 20(4), 375–390. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-66322003000400005

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