Journal of Advanced Chemical Engineering

Investigating the effects of inlet gas velocity on the operation of multi-zone circulating reactors: A CFD study

2^nd International Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering and Technology

November 16-17, 2017 | Paris, France

Reza Marandi, MohammadMahdi Kamyabi and Navid Mostoufi

National Petrochemical Company, Research and Technology, Iran
University of Tehran, Iran

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Adv Chem Eng

Abstract:

A 3-D model based on computational fluid dynamics was developed for studying the effects of inlet gas velocity on the operation of multi-zone circulating reactors (MZCRs) from a hydrodynamic viewpoint. The system was modeled by the two fluid model (TFM) based on the kinetic theory of granular flow (KTGF). The re-normalization group (RNG) k-ε model was applied for implementing the turbulency. Effect of inlet gas velocity on overriding parameters, such as pressure drop and solid volume fraction, was studied. The results showed a limitation in both increasing and decreasing the inlet gas velocity. Therefore, operating at a proper range of inlet gas velocity is recommended for MZCRs.

Biography :

Reza Marandi is Researcher in the Department of  Polymer at the National Petrochemical Company, Research and Technology, Tehran, Iran. He had also worked as a research and development engineer at Tabriz Petrochemical Company. He obtained his Phd from Univercity Technology-Malaysia(UTM).