A model for the dynamic behavior of a commercial scale slurry bubble column reactor applied for the Fischer–Tropch synthesis
✍ Scribed by Samira Ghasemi; Morteza Sohrabi; Mohammad Rahmani
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 324 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1932-2135
- DOI
- 10.1002/apj.283
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Fischer‐Tropsch synthesis (FTS) is an important chemical process for the production of liquid fuels. In the present study, a dynamic model for a commercial size slurry bubble column reactor (SBCR) operating under heterogeneous flow regime and dealing with the FTS has been developed. In such a model a detailed kinetics expressions for the FTS and water gas shift (WGS) reactions have been considered. A selectivity model combined with SBCR hydrodynamics and the multicomponent VLE scheme have been applied to estimate the distribution of olefins and paraffins in the products. In addition, the effects of catalyst deactivation on reactor performance and product distribution under transient conditions may be predicted from this model. The data calculated from the model have been correlated with the experimental results available in the literature. It seems that the present model could be applied to estimate the main characteristics of the reactor's dynamic behavior. Copyright © 2009 Curtin University of Technology and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.