Você está na página 1de 64

Modelling of membrane reactors

Martin van Sint Annaland & Fausto Gallucci


Chemical Process Intensification

DEMCAMER/CARENA Workshop
January 30th, 2013 @ Eindhoven TU/e

Overview lecture
Modelling membrane permeation

Porous membranes
Dense (supported) membranes for H2

Dense membranes for O2


Different reactor concepts
Packed bed membrane reactors
Detailed particle model for heterogeneous catalysts
Coupling of SDMs with particle models
Fluidized bed membrane reactors
Phenomenological two-phase model
CFD-based models: discrete particle models
Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 1

Modelling of membrane permeation


Porous membranes
Membrane flux:
(Dusty-Gas-Model):

Ni

1
4
K0
RT
3

8 RT
M

B0

p
g

pi ,m
ri

ln

ri

ri

Parameters K0 and B0
depend on the pore
size/structure distributions

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 2

Modelling of membrane permeation


Porous membranes
Fick model: only diffusion

Ni

eff
i

p xi
RT r
1

Bosanquet:

Blancks law:

Dieff

1
Dieff,m

Dieff,m

1
1 xi

1
Dieff,K
n

Dieff, j x j
j 1
j i

Effective molecular diffusion:

Dieff, j

Effective Knudsen diffusion:

Dieff, K

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

(harmonic averaging of
molecular and Knudsen diffusion )

Page 3

(Bosanquet + Blanck laws


strictly only valid for dilute mixtures)

Di , j

4
8RT
K0
3
Mi

( = porosity)
( = tortuosity)

Ficks law: What is wrong?


Ficks law (applied to film model):
Flux with respect
to the mixture:

Film model:

Ji

ci ,0

Di

dci
dz

[mol/m2s]

Diffusivity
[m2/s]
ci ,

Flux with respect


to the interface:

Ni

k ci ,0 ci ,

[mol/m2s]

Mass transfer
coefficient [m/s]
z

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

Film model: k

11-2-2013

Page 4

Ficks law: What is wrong?


Binary equimolar diffusion
Constant total concentration
(i.e. isobaric & isothermal)

ctot

c1 c2

constant

Flux of component 1
with respect to the mixture:

J1

dc1
D1
dz

Flux of component 2
with respect to the mixture:

J2

D2

dc2
dz

Total net flux:

Jtot

Ji

J1 J2

i 1

Life is nice
and simple?

d
c1 c2
dz

provided that there is only 1 binary diffusivity D,


independent of composition
Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 5

Ficks law: What is wrong?


Consider two ideal gasses separated by
a porous membrane
pure Ar
high flow rate

pure He
high flow rate
He

Ar

298 K
105 Pa

298 K
105 Pa

Is the He flux equal to the Ar flux


(i.e. NHe = NAr)?

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 6

Ficks law: What is wrong?


Consider two ideal gasses separated by
a porous membrane
pure He
high flow rate

He

Ar

298 K
105 Pa

298 K
105 Pa

Observation:
NHe 3 NAr
Much higher He flux despite identical concentration gradients!

pure Ar
high flow rate

Interaction with
membrane

Explanation:
Movement of mixture with respect to membrane!
Friction He-membrane < Friction Ar-membrane
pressure gradient
Resulting in viscous flow from right to left: retarding He, accelerating Ar

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 7

Modelling of membrane permeation


Porous membranes
Extended Fick model: diffusion + dArcy
Extended
Fick:

Ni

dArcy:

Ntot

eff
i

Extended Fick model:

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

p xi
RT r

xi N tot

B0 p
ctot
r
Ni

11-2-2013

accounts for net total molar flow rate

B0 p p
RT r

1
xi
eff
Di p
RT
r

Page 8

viscous flow

B0 xi p p
r

Modelling of membrane permeation


Porous membranes
Extended Fick model for tubular membrane:
R2
r

Membrane tube

dr

R1
pA(r=R1) = pA,1

pA(r=R2) = pA,2

R1

rm

R2

R1

Steady state component continuity equation for cylindrical membrane:

1 d
rN i
r dr

rNi

Permeation flux = flux at r = R2:

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 9

constant

R2 N i ,2

Ni ,2

c
R2

c
rm

Modelling of membrane permeation


Porous membranes
Extended Fick model for tubular membrane:
Component continuity:

Ni

c
r

Substitution of extended Fick model:

Ni

1
xi
eff
Di p
RT
r

1
xi
eff
Di p
RT
r
c
r

Ni

B0 xi p p
r

Integration over the tube thickness:


R2

dxi
eff
Di p
dr
dr
R1

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

R2

B0 xi p dp
dr
dr
R1

11-2-2013

Page 10

R2

cRT
dr
r
R1

B0 xi p p
r

Modelling of membrane permeation


Porous membranes
Extended Fick model for tubular membrane:
R2

R2

dx
Dieff p i dr
dr
R1
diffusion

important when
concentration gradient
is negligible

xi
xi ,2

eff
i

dxi

p xi ,2

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

xi

B0 xi

xi ,1

eff
i

cRT
dr
r
R1

viscous flow

important when
pressure drop
is negligible

R2

B0 xi p dp
dr
dr
R1

p2

p1

xi ,1
11-2-2013

dr
pdp cRT
r
R1

B0 xi
Page 11

R2

1
2

p22

p12

cRT ln

R2
R1

Modelling of membrane permeation


Porous membranes
Extended Fick model for tubular membrane:
eff
i

Note:

p xi ,2
1
2

xi

eff
i

Ni ,2

c
R2

B0 xi

xi ,1

p22

p12

xi

B0 p

N i ,2

2
2

2
1

1
2

1
2

p2

p1

pi ,2

1
Dieff
RT

pi ,1

R2
cRT ln
R1

p2

p1

p pi ,2

R2
cRT ln
R1

pi ,m

B0 p
ri

ln

ri

m
m

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 12

pi ,1

Ficks law: What is wrong?


Consider three inert ideal gases in two-bulb system
A

N2, CO2

at t=0 connected
by narrow capillary

N2, H2

xH0 2 ,A

xH0 2 ,B

0.50

xN0 2 ,A

0.50

xN0 2 ,B

0.50

0
xCO
2 ,A

0
xCO
2 ,B

0.50

Does N2 flow: a) from A to B?

b) from B to A?
c) not at all?
d) or does it do a), b) and c)?
Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 13

(isobaric &
isothermal)

Ficks law: What is wrong?


Consider three inert ideal gases in two-bulb system
A

N2, CO2

N2, H2

at t=0 connected by
narrow capillary

(isobaric &
isothermal)

Reverse
diffusion

Taylor & Krishna (1993)


Fig. 5.4, p. 109
Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 14

Ficks law: What is wrong?


Consider three inert ideal gases in two-bulb system
A

N2, CO2

N2, H2

at t=0 connected by
narrow capillary

Observation:
H2 and CO2 change monotonically to equilibrium
concentrations as expected
N2 initially diffuses first without concentration gradient and
later even against its concentration gradient from A to B,
only later bulbs go gradually back to equal compositions
Explanation:
H2 moves from B to A, and CO2 from A to B
N2 molecules more friction with CO2 than H2
and CO2 seems to drag N2 along from A to B
Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 15

(isobaric &
isothermal)

Reverse
diffusion

cannot be explained
with Ficks law!

Ficks law: What is wrong?


Generalized Maxwell-Stefan equations:
Derivation by considering binary interactions between
molecules of different type:
xi N j

In terms of fluxes with


respect to interface Ni:

di

x j Ni

u2

ctot ij

j 1

di

ci

T ,P

ci Fi

c j Fj

i
j 1

xi
with:
RT

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

n 1
T ,P

ij

xi

ln

j 1

11-2-2013

u1

Generalized driving forces:


ctot RTd i

Page 16

xj

xj
T ,P ,

2
2

di = driving force for


component i
F 1 x1x2 u1 u2

Ficks law: What is wrong?


Generalized Maxwell-Stefan equations:
n

Rewriting in (n-1) matrix notation using

Ji

( Ji

Ni

xi Ntot )

i 1

In n-1 matrix notation:


ctot d
J

Bii

Bij

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

B J
ctot B

xi
in

n
j 1
j i

1
xi
ij

(v) = vector with n-1 components


[M] = square matrix of rank n-1

xj

ij

B11

B12

...

B1,n

d2
...

B21
...

B22
...

...
...

B2,n 1
...

dn

1
in

11-2-2013

d1

Page 17

[B ]
1

Bn

1,1

Bn

1,2

... Bn

1,n 1

Modelling of membrane permeation


Porous membranes
Dusty Gas Model (DGM):
Based on the generalized Stefan-Maxwell equations for diffusion
in multi-component mixtures
Consider membrane as one of the components in the mixture

n
j 1
j i

xi N j

x j Ni
eff
i, j

pD

Ni
pDieff, K

1 xi
RT r

xi
pRT

B0 p
Dieff,K

see e.g. Veldsink et al., Chemical Engineering Journal 57 (1995) 115-125

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 18

p
r

Modelling of membrane permeation


Dense Pd-membranes for H2
(Pd, Pd/Ag, Pd/Au based membranes)
High pressure

Mechanism involves
a series of steps:

Low pressure
3

1) adsorption
2) dissociation
3) diffusion
4) re-association
5) desorption

1 2

N H2

Km

ret n
H2

perm n
H2

(0.5 < n < 1)


(n = 0.5: Sieverts law)

Pd-membrane

H2

H2O

CO2

Modelling of membrane permeation


Dense Pd-membranes for H2
Bulk diffusion control:
H
H
H

HH

HH

H2 ( g )

dcH
DH,Pd
dx

For ideal (dilute) systems:

DH,Pd

ret
H

DH,Pd

CH
and

KH

11-2-2013

Page 20

H(ads)

K H pH0.52

is constant

DH,Pd K H,Pd

perm
H

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

KH

mole ,H 2

N H2

Dissociation and association


at equilibrium:

HH

Pd

ret 0.5
H2

perm 0.5
H2

Modelling of membrane permeation


Dense Pd-membranes for H2
Bulk diffusion control:
Pure H2 streams
at permeate and retentate
(i.e. no sweep gas)

N H2

QH

ret n
H2

perm n
H2

QH = 1.54 10-4 mol m-2 s-1 Pa-n


n = 0.730
(P(support) 0.1 bar)

Jurriaan Boon et al. (ECN)


Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 21

http://www.hysep.com

Modelling membrane permeation


Supported Pd-membranes for H2
Without sweep (i.e. only H2 is present)
Pd
H H

H
H
H
H H

H H

H
H
H

Bulk diffusion Pd-layer:


DGM support:
Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 22

Modelling of membrane permeation


Supported Pd-membranes for H2
With sweep
Pd
H H

H
H

H H

H H

concentration
polarisation

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

Pd
permeation

11-2-2013

Page 23

resistance in support

concentration
polarisation

Modelling of membrane permeation


Supported Pd-membranes for H2
With sweep: Dusty Gas Model (DGM):

Pressure drop H2-support:

Diffusion resistance H2-stagnant N2:

Jurriaan Boon et al. (ECN)


Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 24

Modelling of membrane permeation


Supported Pd-membranes for H2
With sweep: Comparison of different mass transfer resistances:

low sweep gas flow rate

high sweep gas flow rate

Jurriaan Boon et al. (ECN)


Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 25

Modelling of membrane permeation


air

N2

Dense membranes for O2


O2 permeation flux through dense perovskites
O2
O2
MIEC
= Mixed Ion and
Electron Conducting
O2

2O2- + 4e-

O2-

2e-

O2/O2- + ?

N O2

CH4, CO, H2

N O2

Wagner equation:

CO, CO2, H2, H2O

Dv 0
4Vm m n

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

ret n
O2

11-2-2013

perm n
O2

Page 26

Dv
4Vm m

ln pOperm
2

( )d ln pO2
ln pOret2

( ) = non-stoichiometry:

n
p
0 O2

Note n is typically small (and <0)!!


Compressing air not very effective!
Partial pressure at permeate side
important!

Modelling of membrane permeation


Dense membranes for O2
O2 permeation flux through dense perovskites
(LaCa)(CoFe)O3- : Flux studied experimentally for reducing atmospheres
Greatly enhanced in presence of CO and H2 (left)
Highly dependent on thickness (right), indicating bulk diffusion
(T = 1223 K, v =

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

200 ml/min (STP), dilution with N2)

11-2-2013

Page 27

Modelling of membrane permeation


Dense membranes for O2
O2 permeation flux through dense perovskite (LaCa)(CoFe)O3 CO2 inhibits permeation rate (left)
Rate determined by local equilibrium of CO combustion,
proportional to CO/CO2 ratio and thus xO2 (right)
(T = 1223 K, v =

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

200 ml/min (STP), dilution with N2)

11-2-2013

Page 28

Modelling of membrane permeation


Dense membranes for O2
O2 permeation flux through dense perovskite (LaCa)(CoFe)O3 Permeation expressions derived to describe results

N O2

Eact
RT

exp

xO2

ret n
O2

perm n
O2

xCO2
xCO K eq

n = -0.153
Eact = 260 kJ/mol,
C = 2.01108 (cm4/cm2/min, STP)
Zhang et al., J. Membrane Science 291 (2007) 19-32
Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 29

Modelling of membrane permeation


Dense membranes for O2
O2 permeation flux through dense perovskite (LaCa)(CoFe)O3 Model can also accurately predict O2 permeation rate for H2 as
reducing gas assuming local equilibrium of H2 combustion

Zhang et al., J. Membrane Science 291 (2007) 19-32


Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 30

Different reactor concepts


Basic classification
Packed bed membrane reactors:
Immobilized catalyst
Fluidized bed membrane reactors:
Particles kept in suspension by fluidum

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013 Page 31

Different reactor concepts


Packed bed reactors:

Single adiabatic bed

Multi-tubular reactor

used for reactions


with small heat effect

used for reactions


with a large heat effect

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013 Page 32

Different reactor concepts


Packed bed membrane reactor configurations
Many different possible configurations:
(a)
A, B
Gas addition/gas extraction

Flat vs. tubular membranes


Dead end membranes vs. sweep
Co-current/countercurrent A+B
sweeping
D +E
C +B
(b)
Catalyst as particles inside/outside
membrane tubes Catalytic membrane
Catalytically active membranes
A
A+B
C+D
(c)
Supported/unsupported
B
etc. etc.

Example:
multi-tubular module
with sweep gas
Reactants in

Sweep gas out

Catalyst inside
tubular membranes

Reaction Zone
A

Gas Phase

A, B

Gas Phase

(d)

Products out
Catalytic Membrane

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

Sweep gas in

11-2-2013 Page 33
Catalytic membrane

Different reactor concepts


Phenomenon of fluidization

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013 Page 34

Different reactor concepts


Phenomenon of fluidization

Particles suspended
in a gas stream
behaves as a fluidum

Bubbles (= voids) are formed,


which create excellent mixing
in the fluidized bed

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013 Page 35

Different reactor concepts


Fluidization at large scale: Granulation and coating

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013 Page 36

Different reactor concepts


Fluidization at large scale: FCC and olefin polymerization

Ethylene/propylene
polymerization

FCC (Fluid Catalytic Cracking)


Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013 Page 37

Different reactor concepts


Fluidized bed membrane reactor configurations
Immersed
membrane tubes

Flat membranes
integrated in the walls
Retentate

Retentate

Permeate

Sweep in

Sweep out

Zona de
Reaction
Reaccin

Permeate

zone

Zona de
Regeneracin
Regene500z

Feed
Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

Feed
11-2-2013 Page 38

ration zone

Different reactor concepts


Packed bed and fluidized bed membrane reactors:
Packed bed
membrane reactor
O2

O2

Fluidized bed
membrane reactor
Gas outlet
Product gas outlet
Cyclone

Selective
O2 dozing

Selective
H2 extraction

Membrane tubes
Heat exchange
surface

P, W

H2 W

H2

Simple reactor construction


Possibly large temperature and
concentration gradients (in case of
fast & strongly exothermic reactions)
Reactor instability
Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013 Page 39

Gas inlet

11-2-2013

Isothermal reaction conditions


Catalyst attrition
Gas back-mixing / gas by-passing

Packed bed membrane reactors


Modelling of packed bed membrane reactors
First steps:
Determine what is rate limiting

Determine the key performance quantities


Determine required model accuracy in relation to available data:
e.g. 1D/2D model? Isothermal/adiabatic? Phenomenological vs. CFD?

Modelling membrane permeation:


Flux constant? Permeation equation?
Extended multi-component DGM?

Modelling catalyst:

simplify
whenever
possible!!!

Internal/external mass transfer limitations?


Simplify with effectiveness factors?
Pseudo-homogeneous models?
Heterogeneous models with detailed particle models?
Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 40

Packed bed membrane reactors


Detailed particle model
Component mass balances (n-1) using
Maxwell-Stefan description for molar diffusion fluxes:

1
2
r
n
2
r r

g
g

with:

ntot

nreact

Sr

Sr ,i

Mi 1

i, j j
j 1

ntot

Homogeneous energy balance:

C p ,s

T
t

1
2
r
r2 r

Effect of particle
porosity/tortuosity via:
Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

Deff

11-2-2013

Page 41

eff , s

Di

T
r

Sh
nreact

Sh

rj hr , j

s
j 1

Packed bed membrane reactors


Detailed particle model
Boundary conditions:

rp

nc 1

r
T
r

nc 1
0
d
g eff ,i , k

0
k 1

eff , s

T
r

r
g

kg

i tot

s ,ik

k ,bulk

k 1

Tbulk

+ constitutive equations for the flux correction factors etc.

Yields local production rates (source terms)


To be coupled with reactor model
Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 42

Packed bed membrane reactors


Heterogeneous reactor model:
Catalyst in
annular space!

Total continuity equation gas phase:


g
g

Superficial velocity!

g ug

m , tot am

with am =

4d i
d 02 di2

Component continuity equations gas phase (i = 1..nc-1):


g
g

ug

Dax

ni as

m ,i

ni computed from
particle model

Gas phase energy balance:


g

C p,g

T
t

C p,g

ug

T
z

nc

T
z

am

ni as H i
i 1

nc

a Hi

m ,i m

a T Tw

w w

i 1

+ boundary conditions (Danckwerts type)


Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 43

Packed bed membrane reactors


Constitutive equations:
Pressure drop (differential Ergun equation):

p
z

150

1
g ug
d

2
p

1.75

3
g

2
1
u
g g

g
3
g

dp

Membrane flux equation(s),


e.g. in case of O2 addition via porous membranes:

M O2
m ,O2

RT

4
K0
3

8RT
M

B0

pO2 ,m

ri

ri

ln

ri

+ Reaction kinetics, transport parameters, physical properties

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 44

Packed bed membrane reactors


Combining OCM + SMR in a single dual-function
catalyst particle
H
H
C
H

O O

H
H

CCH
O

Outer shell of particle


Heat generation
Ethylene production

C
H HO

O
H

CHOHH

H
H

Catalyst particle
H

C
H

H
Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 45

Inner core of particle


Heat consumption
energy integration
Synthesis gas production

Packed bed membrane reactors


Novel reactor concept: PBMR for OCM/SRM
with dual function catalyst
Distributive O2 feeding & autothermal operation!
porous membrane

O2

impermeable

O2
CO, CO2,
C2H6, C2H4

CH4 + H2O
O2

O2

O2 concentration

inert

dual function catalyst

OCM

mole

R
r [m]

Use strong internal


diffusion limitations to
avoid O2 to the SRM

SRM

Ensure that C2 flux out of particle is much


larger than C2 flux toward particle core
(minimize C2 losses)
Tune CH4 conversion in OCM and SRM
(autothermal operation)

Packed bed membrane reactors


Extension to 2D:
Determination of extent & effect of concentration polarization
Continuity + Navier-Stokes eqns.

Note: membrane permeation is implemented


via (Danckwerts) boundary conditions

Fluidized bed membrane reactors


Modelling of fluidized bed membrane reactors
First steps (same as before!):
Determine what is rate limiting
Determine the key performance quantities
Determine required model accuracy in relation to available data:
e.g. Phenomenological vs. CFD?

Phenomenological model:
Phenomenological = two-phase model (bubble-emulsion phase)
Use semi-empirical correlations for bubble and solids behaviour

Bubble size (and thus all other key quantities) function of axial position
Extent of gas phase mixing in emulsion phase via number of CSTRs
in series

CFD model:
At what scale: particle scale vs. industrial scale?
Computational resources? Patience?

simplify
whenever
possible!!!

Fluidized bed membrane reactors


Phenomenological two-phase model:
Two phases: emulsion and bubble phase
Axial dispersion in emulsion and bubble
phases via number of CSTRs in series
(to be determined from experiments)
(typically: emulsion phase = 1 CSTR;
bubble phase large nr of CSTRs)

Emulsion phase remains at incipient


fluidization conditions despite reaction or
membrane permeation
instantaneous
transfer with bubble phase
Only reaction in emulsion phase
(relatively low reaction rates)
Isothermal and isobaric conditions

Fluidized bed membrane reactors


Model equations
Ratio of membrane
addition/extraction to/from
bubble and emulsion phases
according to bubble hold-up

Transfer Q is required to
maintain emulsion phase
at incipient conditions

SF(x) = Heaviside function:


x<0: SF(x) = 0, else SF(x) = x

Fluidized bed membrane reactors

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 51

Fluidized bed membrane reactors


Constitutive equations

Effect of internals
not accounted for
(correlations not available)!
Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 52

Fluidized bed membrane reactors

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 53

Fluidized bed membrane reactors


CFD: Multi-scale modelling strategy
Larger geometry, larger scale phenomena
DNS

Discrete
Particle

Continuum

Discrete Bubble

Phenomenological

Fluid-particle
interaction

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

Particleparticle
interaction

11-2-2013

Particle-particle
interaction;
Bubble behavior

Page 54

Large scale
motion
Industrial size

Black box
Industrial size

Fluidized bed membrane reactors


Discrete Particle Model

drag

Fcontact ,a
gravity
gas flow
Intermediate-level model
Eulerian grid size is larger than the particle size
Incorporation of detailed particle interaction models
Computation limitation: 104~106
Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 55

Fluidized bed membrane reactors


Discrete Particle Model
Gas phase conservation equations (3D-DPM model)
Volume-averaged Navier-Stokes equations
+ continuity equation
inter-phase momentum transfer

ug

0
Sp

+ momentum equation

ug

g
Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

g
11-2-2013

ug ug

ug
Page 56

ug T

2
3

1
Vcell

Va
a cell

p Sp

r ra

g g

ug I

u g va

Fluidized bed membrane reactors


Discrete Particle Model
Particle motion equations (DPM model)
+ translational momentum

dva
ma
dt

Va p

Vp

u g va

ma g Fc ,a

(Cundall & Strack (1979))

+ rotational momentum
Npart: 104~106

d a
Ia
dt
180

2
g s
2
p g

Ta

18

Computation resource

3
g s

1 1.5
d

2
p

0.31

(Beetstra et al., 2007)


Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 57

g s
g

Re s [

d p2

1
g

g s
3 s

1 10

8.4 Re s 0.343 ]
Res 0.5

Fluidized bed membrane reactors


Flat membrane walls experiments:
Effect of gas addition/extraction
on bubble phase
extraction
extraction

addition

addition

Gas extraction results in increase of equivalent bubble size


Gas addition results in decrease of equivalent bubble size
Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 58

Fluidized bed membrane reactors


Flat membrane walls: Effect of gas addition/extraction
40 %

0%

+40 %

Correlation bubble
behaviour and
emulsion phase
circulation patterns!

Fluidized bed membrane reactors


Flat membrane walls: Effect of gas addition/extraction
40 %

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

0%

11-2-2013

Page 60

+40 %

Fluidized bed membrane reactors


Flat membrane walls: DPM simulations

DPM predicts same results as experiments!


Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 61

Fluidized bed membrane reactors


Submerged membranes
Development of DPM/IBM
(Immersed Boundary Model)

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 62

Concluding remarks

Detailed reactor and particle models (and combinations thereof)


may be required to adequately account for all relevant effects
Make models as simple as possible but not simpler!

Use models to enhance understanding, but experimentation


remains a critical component to validate the models!

Multiphase Reactors Group, SPI

11-2-2013

Page 63

Você também pode gostar