Evaluation of heat transfer in a catalytic fixed bed reactor at high temperatures



Título del documento: Evaluation of heat transfer in a catalytic fixed bed reactor at high temperatures
Revista: Brazilian journal of chemical engineering
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000308631
ISSN: 0104-6632
Autores: 1
2
3
Instituciones: 1Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Maringa, Parana. Brasil
2Universidade Federal do Parana, Centro Politecnico, Curitiba, Parana. Brasil
3Universidade de Sao Paulo, Escola Politecnica, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Dic
Volumen: 16
Número: 4
Paginación: 407-420
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, aplicado
Resumen en inglés Experimental results of fixed-bed heat-transfer experiments with no chemical reaction are presented and discussed. The runs were carried out in a tubular integral reactor heated by an electrical furnace at temperatures in the range of 100 to 500°C. Experimental temperature profiles were determined for the electrical furnace, for the reactor wall, and for the fixed bed center. Industrial catalyst for the prereforming of hydrocarbons was employed as the packing material. The effects of process conditions (furnace temperature, gas flow rate) on the heat-transfer coefficients were evaluated. The experimental results were analyzed in terms of the external, wall, and internal thermal resistances, associated in series, and compared with model predictions. Under the conditions studied, the overall coefficient was mostly a function of the external effective heat-transfer coefficient. An alternative data treatment was proposed to determine the internal heat-transfer coefficient in fixed beds when wall temperature is not constant
Disciplinas: Química
Palabras clave: Ingeniería química,
Reactor catalitico,
Reactores de lecho fijo,
Coeficiente de transferencia de calor
Keyword: Chemistry,
Chemical engineering,
Fixed-bed reactors,
Catalytic reactor,
Heat transfer coefficient
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