Multiphase catalytic reactors: a perspective on current knowledge and future trends

MP Duduković, F Larachi, PL Mills - Catalysis reviews, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Conventional and emerging processes that require the application of multiphase reactors
are reviewed with an emphasis on catalytic processes. In the past, catalyst discovery and …

Multiphase reactors–revisited

MP Dudukovic, F Larachi, PL Mills - Chemical engineering science, 1999 - Elsevier
Multiphase reactors are found in diverse applications such as in manufacture of petroleum-
based fuels and products, in production of commodity and specialty chemicals …

Noninvasive tomographic and velocimetric monitoring of multiphase flows

J Chaouki, F Larachi, MP Duduković - Industrial & engineering …, 1997 - ACS Publications
A condensed review of recent advances accomplished in the development and the
applications of noninvasive tomographic and velocimetric measurement techniques to …

Measurement techniques in fluidized beds

J Werther - Powder Technology, 1999 - Elsevier
Quantities that need to be measured in gas fluidized-bed systems include solids volume
concentrations, solids velocities and solids mass flows, the vertical and horizontal …

Bubble formation and dynamics in gas–liquid–solid fluidization—A review

GQ Yang, B Du, LS Fan - Chemical engineering science, 2007 - Elsevier
Current worldwide commercial activities in converting natural gas to fuels and chemicals, or
gas-to-liquids technology use slurry bubble column reactors with column sizes considerable …

Computational fluid dynamics applied to gas-liquid contactors

E Delnoij, JAM Kuipers, WPM Van Swaaij - Chemical Engineering Science, 1997 - Elsevier
In this paper a 'hierarchy of models' is discussed to study the fluid dynamic behaviour of gas-
liquid bubble columns. This 'hierarchy of models' consists of a Eulerian-Eulerian two fluid …

CFD simulation of hydrodynamics of gas–liquid–solid fluidised bed reactor

R Panneerselvam, S Savithri, GD Surender - Chemical Engineering …, 2009 - Elsevier
A three dimensional transient model is developed to simulate the local hydrodynamics of a
gas–liquid–solid three-phase fluidised bed reactor using the computational fluid dynamics …

Computational fluid dynamics applied to chemical reaction engineering

JAM Kuipers, WPM van Swaaij - Advances in chemical engineering, 1998 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter presents a new emerging tool that is a combination of fluid
dynamics (CFD) and numerical mathematics backed up by the immense growth of computer …

Sand-assisted fluidization of large cylindrical and spherical biomass particles: Experiments and simulation

F Fotovat, R Ansart, M Hemati, O Simonin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, bubbling fluidization of a sand fluidized bed with different biomass loadings are
investigated by means of the experiments and numerical simulation. The radioactive particle …

Electrical capacitance tomography− a perspective

Q Marashdeh, LS Fan, B Du… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2008 - ACS Publications
This article describes the recent progress in research and development on electrical
capacitance tomography (ECT). Specifically, the article highlights several aspects of ECT …