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r k CFEEDa
=
Reactor Phase
< Higher concentrations of CFEED- Rapid reaction rate- reduce reactor volumes
• Gas-phase system is preferred< When high mass transfer rates are required
< When reactor temperature is above the critical temperature of the chemical
species
The choice of reactor phase is not available for multiphase systems
• Operation in the liquid phase is usually preferred
e.g. single reaction system : FEED
PRODUCT
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Gas-liquid and Liquid-liquid Reactors• Two phase reactions< Feed material is inherently in different phases at the inlet conditions.
< Two-phase behaviour is needed to remove an unwanted component from one of the phases or imporve the selectivity.
< It is necessary that the phases be intimately mixed.
- Provide effective mass transfer of the reactants between the phases
• Overall rate of reaction must take account of :< The mass tansfer resistance
< The resistance of the chemical reactions
• Reactor design for temperature control should consider simultaneously< mixing
< mass transfer
< reaction
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( )r k p p AG AG A AI= −
( )r k C C AL AL AI A= −
p H C AI A AI=
Two-film theory
GasFilm
Gas LiquidInterface
LiquidFilm
C A
C AI
P AI
P A
P AI = H AC AI
• Effect of mass transfer
< The rate of transfer of A through gas film:
< The rate of transfer of A through liquid film:
< Henry’s law
(assume equilibrium conditions at the interface)
where r G, r L : rate of transfer in the gas and liquid film (mol m-2
s-1
)k AG, k AL : mass transfer coefficient in the gas and liquid filmp A, p AI : partial pressure in the gas phase and at the interface (Pa)C A, C AI : concentration in the bulk of liquid phase and at the interface (mol m
-3)H A : Henry’s Law constant (Pa m
3 mol-1)
- Henry’s law constant must be determined experimentally
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( ) ( )r
k
H
k
p H C K p H C A
AG
A
AL
A A A AGL A A A=
+
− = −
1
1
1 1
K k
H
k AGL AG
A
AL
= +
r k Cr k C
FEED
a
FEED
a
1 1
2 2
1
2
=
=
< Assume steady state (r AG= r AL= r A)
• Effect of mass transfer (continued)
Overall masstransfer coefficient
Where
Gas film
resistance
Liquid film
resistance< Low solubility gases (H A is large) - k AG >> k AL/ H A : the mass transfer is liquid-film controlled
< High solubility gases (H A is small) - k AG r 2
FEED 6 PRODUCT
FEED 6 BYPRODUCT
• Mass transfer can influence the selectivity.
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• Effect of temperature< As temperature increases:
- Rate of reaction increases
- Solubility of the gas in the liquid decreases
- Rates of mass transfer increase
- Volatility of the liquid phase increases, decreasing the partial pressure of the dissolving gas
< The relative magnitude of mass tranfer enhancement and its consecutive effects depend on the
reaction system.
• Effect of chemical reaction< High reaction rate
- Reduce the liquid film resistance
- Effective increase in the overall mass tansfer coefficient
- The capacity of the liquid is increased.
< Low reaction rate
- When compared with pure physical absorption, the dissolving gas reacts and does not build up
in the bulk liquid to the same extent as pure physical absorption.
- The driving force for mass transfer is greater than that for physical absorption alone.
- Small effect on the overall mass transfer coefficient
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Contacting Patterns for Gas-liquid Reactors (I)
• (B) Co-current packed bed
< Poorer performance than the counter-current
type
< Effective when the flow of gas is much larger
than the flow of liquid - trickle-bed ractor
< Another method for co-current contact : feed
both phases to a pipe containing an in-line mixer G L
G L
G
L
G
L
• (A) Counter-current packed bed or
plate column
< Packing material or distillation trayscan be used to create interfacial area
G L
G L
G
L
G + L
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Contacting Patterns for Gas-liquid Reactors (II)
• (D) Bubble column< Induce a low gas-film mass transfer coefficient
and a high liquid-film mass transfer coefficient
< Ineffective for a reaction with a high viscosity
liquid
< Advantage over a packed bed
- The liquid hold-up per unit reactor volume is higher.
- The liquid contains a dispersed solid.
- A packed bed will become clogged.
G L
G L
Mixed-flowbehaviour
Plug-flowbehaviour
G
L
G
L
G L
G L
Mixed-flowbehaviour
Plug-flowbehaviour
G
L
G
L
• (C) Spray column< Induce a high gas-film mass transfer
coefficient and a low liquid-film mass
transfer coefficient
< Spray column is necessary when
- The liquid contains solids or solids are
formed in the reaction.
- The reaction has a tendency to foul a
packed bed.
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Contacting Patterns for Gas-liquid Reactors (III)
• Counter-current packed beds offer the largest mass transfer driving force and
agitated tanks the lowest
G L
G L
G
L
L
G
• (E) Agitated tanks< The gas is sparged through the liquid
< Low driving force
< When the liquid is viscous, a sparged agitated vessel allows good contactbetween the gas and the liquid.
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Liquid-liquid Reactors
• Liquid-liquid reactions< Much of the discussion for gas-liquid reactions also applies to liquid-liquid reactions.
< The reaction may occur in one phase or both phases simultaneously
• Mass transfer between two immisible liquids< Two liquid-film resistances exist
< One liquid must be dispersed in the other
< In most cases the liquid with the smaller liquid flowrate will be dispersed in the other
< Overall mass transfer coefficient depends on the physical properties of the liquids and the
interfacial area.
< Interfacial area is governed by the size of the liquid droplets and the volume fraction of the
dispersed phase.
• Dispersion of liquid
< External power input is required through an agitator or from pumping< The degree of dispersion depends on
- Power input
- Interfacial tension between the liquids and physical properties
< Too effective dispersion might lead to the formation of an emulsion.
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Contacting Patterns for Liquid-liquid Reactors (I)
• Counter-current packed bed or
plate column
LL HL
LL HL
HL
LL
HL
LL
• In-line static mixer < Suitable for reactions with
short residence time
< Dispersion is promoted by
repeatedly changing thedirection of flow locally
• Multi-stage agitated
contactor < A large number of stages
< Low back mixing
LL HL
LL HL
HL
LL
LL
HL
LL HL
LL HL
HL
HL
LL
LL
Plug-flow for both heavy and light phases
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Contacting Patterns for Liquid-liquid Reactors (II)• Spray column with light
liquid dispersed
< Multi-stage agitated tank and settler
- counter-current flow arrangement- cross-flow arrangement :
- useful if the reaction is limited
by chemical equilibrium
• Spray column with heavy
liquid dispersed
LL HL
LL HL
LL HL
LL HL
LL HL
LL HL
HL
LL
HL
LL
HL
LL
HL
LL
LL
HLHL
LL
Spray columns generallygive a lower driving force
• Agitated tank with settler
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< Air and fuel fluidize the solid particles and produce the high temperaturenecessary for the reaction.
Kilns
CaCO3 CaO + CO2 heat
• Reactions involving free-flowing solid, paste, and slurry
materials can be carried out in kilns.< Rotary kiln : rotation of cylinder shell
Example :
• Suitable for gas-solid non-catalytic reactions
< Static kiln : rotation of mechanical rake
CaF2 + H2SO4 2HF + CaSO4calcium flouride sulfuric acid hydrogen flouride calcium sulfate
Example :
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Reactor Configuration
from Optimisation of a Superstructure
So far, we have reviewed at length the factors influencing
the choice of reactor configuration and conditionsbased on the development of the CONCEPTUAL ISSUES.
- Another approach : Optimisation of Superstructure
• Superstructure< Includes all the structural features that might be candidates for the final design
< Contains redundunt features that need to be removed
• A combined structual and parameter optimisation carries out theevolution of the superstructure to the final design.
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Optimisation of Isothermal Reactors
Feed Product
• Multi-phase reactors by introducing
superstructure for each phase< Consider a plug-flow or mixed-flow reactor in
each phases and mass transfer between the
phases.
• A simple superstructure for a
homogenous reaction< Consider two options of using either a plug-
flow or mixed-flow reactor
Optimise for maximum yield,
maximum selectivity,minimum cost, etc
Feed 1 Product 1
Feed 2 Product 2
Mass Transfer
PHASE 1
PHASE 2
However, only conventional designs will result
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Novel Reactor Arrangements
Liquidfeed
Gas productGas feed
• Complex mixing patterns might lead to novel reactor arrangements or designs.
-
Liquid
Gas
Liquid
Gas
Liquid
Open up the possibilities of further design options in the superstructure.- we might obtain much better overall performance of the reactor.
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Mathematical Methods for
Superstructure Optimisation
• A more complex superstructure of reactor components allows series, parallel,
series-parrallel and parralled-series arrangements of plug-flow, semi plug-flow
and mixed-flow options.< Three compartments open up different arrangements of mixing patterns.
• A simple superstructure with plug-flow, semi-plug flow and mixed-flow options.
FEED
Complex arrangements
cannot be obtained.
A greater number of compartments- A greater number of possibilities
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Mathematical Methods for SuperstructureOptimisation
• Superstructure for two phase reactions with three reactor compartments in
each phase< The complexity should not increase unnecessarily by adding combinations of mixing patterns
and mass transfer between phases that can never be possible in a practical reactor.
< Mass transfer is only allowed with the corresponding shadow compartment.
FEED
PHASE 1
FEED
PHASE 2
Mass Transfer
Straightfoward to extend the superstructure to include multiple feeds and products
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Mathematical Methods for Superstructure Optimisation
• Optimisation of superstructure for reactor design< Highly non-linear equations: reaction kinetics, mass transfer and any hydrodynamic models
< A combined structural and parameter optimisation
< Resulting in a MINLP problem
• Can be solved by methods based on mathematical programming
< e.g. branch and bound algorithms< Such problems can be non-convex, so depending on the starting point, the algorithm can get trapped
in the neighbourhood of a local extremum
< Global optimisation methods exist, but are computationally intesive
• Stochastic optimisation (simulated annealing) has proved to be a relatively simple and reliable method.<
Stochastic optimisation reduces the chances of being trapped near a local optimum , thereforesolutions close to the global optimum can be obtained.
Simulationsimulate a specific structure
EvaluationObjectve function / Constraints
Simulated annealing Accept / Reject
Pertubation MovesNew features of design
-
There are usually a number of competitive solutions that areclose to the global optimum.
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( )[ ] ( )
( ) ( )
r y k k C k k C k C k C
r k r C
k e k e k
y
L L L L
L
MC A DC A C A Cl
Cl
T T
1 1 2 1 2 2 3
2 3 1
1
5 22
2
0 00176
3
4
12
4
12
4
12
2
2
3120 1880
1
0 00136
0 037
= + + + +
=
= = =
=
− −. ..
.
Cl2 + C4 A ö MC4 A + HCl
2Cl2 + C4 Aö
DC4 A + 2HClMC4 A - "-monochlorobutanoic acid, DC4 A - ","-dichlorobutanoic acid
Catalyst molar fraction
Salmi T, Paatero E, Fagerstolt K, Chem. Eng. Sci., 48(1993), pp.735-751.
Case Study: Synthesis of -Chlorocarboxylic Acids
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Feed and Reaction Conditions
!P = 10 bar
!Liquid feed: 13.3 kmoles of C4 A
!Gas feed: 100 kmoles of Cl2!Temperature bounds: 100 OC # T # 500 OC
Phase equilibria and mass transfer !HCl2 = HHCl = 211.76 bar
!a = 254.6 m2/m3 , gg = 0.5, *L = 10-4 m
!DCl2 = 6.66*10-9 m2/sec, DHCl = 8.45*10
-9 m2/sec
Film model for mass transfer
Salmi T, Paatero E, and Fagerstolt K, Chem. Eng. Sci., 48(1993), pp.735-751
Romanainen and Salmi T, Chem. Eng. Sci., 47(1992), pp.2493-2498
Problem Data
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Counter currentpacked bed
Mechanicallyagitated vessel
Bubble column
Yield = 69.5% Yield = 72.8%Yield = 74.4%
Conventional Designs
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Yield = 96.9%
Vol = 9.93m3
Liquid Feed
Gas Feed
Liquid Product
Gas Product
Liquid feed
Gas feed
Liquidproduct
Gasproduct
Gasfeed
Liquidproduct
LiquidGas
Gas product
Liquid product
Network model Reactor designs
Results
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Yield
69.5 %
74.4 %
72.8. %
96.9 %
Volume (m3)
16.1
12.0
12.2
9.9New design
Results and Comparison
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Non-isothermal Reactors
• Non-isothermal operation brings additional complexity to the superstructure
approach.< Temperature profiles used to identify the optimum temperature profile for reactors.
(a) Isothermal. (d) Asymptotic/exponential.
(f) Single peak maximum.(e) Asymptotic/exponential. (g) Single peak maximum.
(b) Monotonic increasing
(concave/convex).
(c) Monotonic increasing
(concave/convex).
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T L a a L a L( ) = + +0 1 22
• Optimisation of temperature profile
< The objective function is maximised or minimised by varying the shape of the temperature profile.
< Assume that heat can be added or removed wherever required at whatever
rate required so that the optimal temperature profile can be achieved.
< Optimum profile provides an ultimate target to aim for in the final design.
But it may not be achieved exactly due to practical issues.
- Sub-optimal performance
Where T = reactor temperature at point LL = dimensionless reactor length (0
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Cooling
Heating
• Superstructure allows heat to be transferred indirectly or directly
through intermediate feed injection.
• Optimisation of superstructure can be carried out reliably using
simulated annealing.
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