TY - JOUR
T1 - A multi-component two-phase lattice Boltzmann method applied to a 1-D Fischer-Tropsch reactor
AU - Kamali, M. R.
AU - Sundaresan, Sankaran
AU - Van den Akker, H. E.A.
AU - Gillissen, J. J.J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is supported by the Dutch Technology Foundation STW, the Applied Science Division of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
PY - 2012/10/1
Y1 - 2012/10/1
N2 - A multi-component two-phase lattice Boltzmann method of the Shan-Chen type has been developed for simulating the complex interplay of diffusion and surface reaction in a multi-component gas-liquid catalytic chemical reactor. This method development comprised of various steps, viz. the formulation, implementation, and validation of lattice Boltzmann techniques capable of reproducing, among other things, species transport across a phase interface, a chemical reaction at a catalytic surface, and a phase change due to the surface reaction, which all are relevant to the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis (FTS). The most important steps taken in developing method and implementation, along with some validations are discussed. This paper presents the results of the simulations for a simplified isothermal 1-D FTS case with a liquid film covering a catalytic surface and gradually growing due to the surface reaction.
AB - A multi-component two-phase lattice Boltzmann method of the Shan-Chen type has been developed for simulating the complex interplay of diffusion and surface reaction in a multi-component gas-liquid catalytic chemical reactor. This method development comprised of various steps, viz. the formulation, implementation, and validation of lattice Boltzmann techniques capable of reproducing, among other things, species transport across a phase interface, a chemical reaction at a catalytic surface, and a phase change due to the surface reaction, which all are relevant to the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis (FTS). The most important steps taken in developing method and implementation, along with some validations are discussed. This paper presents the results of the simulations for a simplified isothermal 1-D FTS case with a liquid film covering a catalytic surface and gradually growing due to the surface reaction.
KW - Fischer-Tropsch
KW - Lattice Boltzmann
KW - Multi-component two-phase
KW - Phase change
KW - Surface reaction
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cej.2012.07.019
DO - 10.1016/j.cej.2012.07.019
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84866870422
SN - 1385-8947
VL - 207-208
SP - 587
EP - 595
JO - Chemical Engineering Journal
JF - Chemical Engineering Journal
ER -