Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : CH6134 : Multiphase Reactor Engineering { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Hara Mohan Jena
Syllabus
Importance of Multiphase Reactors, Design and scale-up problem with Multiphase Reactors, Types and Criteria of selection for a given application, Multiphase flow in reactors, Cocurrent and countercurrent flows, Fundamentals and relevance of turbulence in Multiphase Reactors , Principles of Similarity and Their Application for Scale-Up of Multiphase Reactors, Mass Transfer in Multiphase Reactors: Theoretical Considerations, Stirred Tank Reactors, Venturi Loop Reactor, Fixed-bed Reactors, Multitubular Fixed-bed Reactors, Gas-Inducing Reactors, Two- and Three-Phase Sparged Reactors, Fluidized-bed Reactors, Bubble Column Reactors, Slurry Reactors, Trickle-bed Reactors, Analysis of Multiphase Reactors: Tomography and Velocity Imaging Techniques, Particle Image Velocimetry, Laser Dopper Anemometry, Computer Automated Radioactive Particle Tracking, Computed Tomography, Modeling in Multiphase reactor Design: RTD
Course Objectives
- The course aims to provide fundamental knowledge in multiphase reactors used in process industries
- Train to carryout simple calculations on exchange coefficients of mass, energy and momentum, response times and coupling parameters in multiphase reactors
- To make the students able in quantitative design of a multiphase reactor
Course Outcomes
After completion of the course the students will be able to: <br />1. Understand the basic types of multiphase reactors in process industries, their advantages and drawbacks <br />2. Quantify exchanges of momentum, heat and material in the separate phases and between phases in multiphase systems <br />3. Perform the preliminary design of Fixed Beds, Fluidized Beds (particulate, bubbling, turbulent and circulating) and three-phase reactors <br />4. Calculate response times and coupling parameters multiphase reactors and develop simple mathematical model in multiphase flows <br />5. Explain issues regarding formulating momentum-, energy- and material balance in multiphase systems <br />6. Make a quantitative design of a multiphase reactor for a given application
Essential Reading
- V. G. Pangarkar, Design of Multiphase Reactors, John Wiley & Sons , 2015
- G. F. Froment, K. B. Bischoff, J. De Wilde,, Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, , 2011
Supplementary Reading
- E. B. Nauman, Chemical Reactor Design, Optimization, and Scaleup, McGRAW-HILL , 2002
- P. A. Ramachandran, and R. V. Chaudhuri, Three-phase Catalytic Recators, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers , 1992