Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering
>> 2010,
Volume 4,
Issue 3
doi:
10.1007/s11705-009-0262-x
Research articles
Residence time distribution and modeling of the
liquid phase in an impinging stream reactor
Key Laboratory of Coal
Gasification of Ministry of Education, Institute of Clean Coal Technology,
East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237,
China;
Available online: 2010-09-05
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Abstract
Based on some experimental investigations of liquid phase residence time distribution (RTD) in an impinging stream reactor, a two-dimensional plug-flow dispersion model for predicting the liquid phase RTD in the reactor was proposed. The calculation results of the model can be in good agreement with the experimental RTD under different operating conditions. The axial liquid dispersion coefficient increases monotonously with the increasing liquid flux, but is almost independent of gas flux. As the liquid flux and the gas flux increase, the liquid dispersion coefficient of center-to-wall decreases. The axial liquid dispersion coefficient is much larger than that of center-to-wall, which indicates that the liquid RTD is dominated mainly by axial liquid dispersion in the impinging stream reactor.