Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15255/CABEQ.2013.1772
Hydrodynamics and Kinetics of Phenols Removal from Industrial Wastewater in a Trickle Bed Reactor (Part I: Hydrodynamic Study)
M. F. Abid
; Chemical Engineering Department, University of Technology, P.O.35010, Baghdad, Iraq
F. T. Jasim
; Chemical Engineering Department, University of Technology, P.O.35010, Baghdad, Iraq
L. S. Ahmed
; Chemical Engineering Department, University of Technology, P.O.35010, Baghdad, Iraq
Abstract
An experimental investigation of the hydrodynamic parameters in a trickle bed reactor is presented. The operating conditions are selected for the operating system to be at trickle flow regime. The effects of the two-phase flow rates, reactor pressure and temperature
on the pressure drop, external liquid holdup and liquid axial dispersion are discussed. Pressure drop was measured using differential pressure transducer, while liquid holdup and axial dispersion were estimated using RTD technique with a reactive dye as
a tracer. The results confirmed that pressure drop is proportional to flow rate of fluids and operating pressure while it is inversely proportional to temperature. Liquid flow rate has a proportional effect on liquid holdup and axial dispersion while gas flow rate and temperature presented a different image. A comparison between the results of present work and that of literature is presented and discussed. Empirical correlations for pressure drop, liquid holdup and axial dispersion with operating conditions are developed with correlation coefficient of 98.4 to 99.7 %.
Keywords
trickle bed reactor; pressure drop; liquid holdup; liquid axial dispersion; RTD
Hrčak ID:
128033
URI
Publication date:
10.10.2014.
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