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Modeling of three-phase continuously operating open-cell foam catalyst packings: sugar hydrogenation to sugar alcohols
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  • Ali Najarnezhadmashhadi,
  • Catarina Braz,
  • Vincenzo Russo,
  • Kari Eränen,
  • Henrique Matos,
  • Tapio Salmi
Ali Najarnezhadmashhadi
Abo Akademi

Corresponding Author:ali.najarnezhadmashhadi@abo.fi

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Catarina Braz
ULISBOA
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Vincenzo Russo
University of Naples Federico II
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Kari Eränen
Abo Akademi
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Henrique Matos
ULISBOA
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Tapio Salmi
Abo Akademi
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Abstract

An advanced comprehensive and transient multiphase model for a trickle bed reactor with solid foam packings was developed. A new simulation model for isothermal three-phase (gas–liquid–solid) catalytic tubular reactor models was presented where axial, radial and catalyst layer effects were included. The gas, liquid and solid phase mass balances included most of the individual terms for solid foam packing (e.g. kinetics, liquid-solid and intraparticle mass transfer effects). Hydrogenation of arabinose and galactose mixture on a ruthenium catalyst supported by carbon-coated aluminum foams was applied as a fundamentally and industrially relevant case study. Parameter estimations allowed to obtain reliable and significant parameters. To test the model performance, a sensitivity analysis was performed and the effect of the kinetic parameters and the operation conditions on the arabinose and galactose conversions was studied in detail. The model described here is applicable for other three-phase continuous catalytic reactors with solid foam packings.
01 Dec 2021Submitted to AIChE Journal
07 Dec 2021Submission Checks Completed
07 Dec 2021Assigned to Editor
22 Dec 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned
18 Feb 2022Editorial Decision: Revise Major
02 Apr 20221st Revision Received
02 Apr 2022Submission Checks Completed
02 Apr 2022Assigned to Editor
05 Apr 2022Reviewer(s) Assigned
19 Apr 2022Editorial Decision: Accept
Sep 2022Published in AIChE Journal volume 68 issue 9. 10.1002/aic.17732