FEED TEMPERATURE MODULATION IN TRICKLE BED REACTOR

N. HABBYE; F. STUBER; J. FONT; C. BENGOA; A. FORTUNY; A. FABREGAT; PATRICIA M. HAURE; M. ALEJANDRA AYUDE

Montréal, Quebec, Canadá

Congreso; 8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering (WCCE8); 2009

École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE), McGill University

<!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> Abstract: Modulation of gas-liquid feed temperature was investigated in an adiabatically operated Trickle Bed Reactor for the oxidation of phenol over active carbon. Experiments were first conducted without reaction to assess the effect of heat insulation and of operating conditions on the reactor adiabaticity and the dynamic system response to feed temperature modulation. In a second step, oxidation runs were done under modulation of inlet temperature by injecting periodically cold feed into the reactor to induce dynamic adsorption reaction cycles.   Keywords: Trickle Bed Reactor, Feed Temperature Modulation, Active Carbon, Oxidation, Phenol