Simulation of HDS Tests in Trickle-Bed Reactor

V. Tukač, A. Prokešová, J. Hanika, M. Zbuzek, R. Černý

2014

Abstract

The paper deals with methodology of simulation study devoted to evaluation of reliability of HDS catalyst testing procedure in pilot three phase fixed bed reactor. Hydrodynamic behaviour of test reactor was determined by residence time distribution method. Residence time and Peclet number of axial dispersion of liquid phase were obtained by nonlinear regression of experimental data. Hydrodesulfurization reaction kinetics was evaluated by analysis of concentration data measured in high pressure trickle-bed reactor and autoclave. Simulation of reaction courses were carried out both by pseudohomogeneous model of ODE in Matlab and heterogeneous reactor model of PDE solved by COMSOL Multiphysics. Final results confirm presumption of eliminating influence of hydrodynamics on reaction kinetic results by dilution of catalyst bed by inert fine particles.

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Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Tukač V., Prokešová A., Hanika J., Zbuzek M. and Černý R. (2014). Simulation of HDS Tests in Trickle-Bed Reactor . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH, ISBN 978-989-758-038-3, pages 739-744. DOI: 10.5220/0005090807390744

in Bibtex Style

@conference{simultech14,
author={V. Tukač and A. Prokešová and J. Hanika and M. Zbuzek and R. Černý},
title={Simulation of HDS Tests in Trickle-Bed Reactor},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,},
year={2014},
pages={739-744},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005090807390744},
isbn={978-989-758-038-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,
TI - Simulation of HDS Tests in Trickle-Bed Reactor
SN - 978-989-758-038-3
AU - Tukač V.
AU - Prokešová A.
AU - Hanika J.
AU - Zbuzek M.
AU - Černý R.
PY - 2014
SP - 739
EP - 744
DO - 10.5220/0005090807390744