In the current work, flow characteristics of single isothermal and non-isothermal jets discharging into upper plenum a 1/16th scaled-down high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) facility were studied. ANSYS Fluent simulations carried out in central plane jet water for different Reynolds numbers (Re) ranging from 3413 to 12,819. Then, statistical characteristics, such as mean velocity, root-m...

Equations have been derived for the concentration-time profiles of reactants and products in a first order reaction obtained on passage of a reactant plug through a single well-stirred tank reactor. When taken together with the equations for physical dispersion of such a reactor under plug flow conditions, an expression for the reaction rate constant was derived which allowed its experimental d...

A modular high-temperature cell consisting of a plug-flow microreactor with fixed catalyst bed and long heating zone has been established for operando x-ray absorption/fluorescence spectroscopic diffraction studies. The functionality the is demonstrated two important areas: emission control using 2 wt.?% Pd/Al2O3 acting as three-way direct conversion methane to olefins aromatics on 0.5% Fe/SiO2...

Dear Sirs, In a recent series co-workers (see e.g. of papers by Morbidelli and Varma and Morbidelli and Varma 1986a; Morbidelli et al., 1986h Lee and Varma, 1987, 1988; Bauman and Varma 1990), the multiplicity behaviour of a fixed bed reactor is discussed. The basis for this analysis was given by Morbidelli and Varma (1986a) and Morbid& et al. (1986b), where the authors devote many columns to m...

Abstract Meso- and micro-flow reactors are routinely used in continuous flow chemistry, however the role of capillary diameter, D, on conversion reaction rates is often overlooked during scale-up. Volume, pressured drop diffusion distances/times must be delicately balanced to fully realize hydrodynamic capabilities chemical reactors. We carried out a comprehensive Computational Fluid Dynamics a...

A model for the simulation of nitrification in activated sludge is presented and calculations are compared with experimental results from different sources. The role of protozoa and the influence of reactor type and of diurnal variations in flow and strength of the sewage are considered. Favorable conditions for nitrification are low rates of sludge wasting, high temperatures, plug-flow-type re...

A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a device that converts organic matter to electricity using microorganisms as the biocatalyst. Most MFCs contain two electrodes separated into one or two chambers that are operated as a completely mixed reactor. In this study, a flat plate MFC (FPMFC) was designed to operate as a plug flow reactor (no mixing) using a combined electrode/proton exchange membrane (PEM...

A vast majority of material processing in industry involves homogeneous phase reactions. These reactions are carried out in batch mode as well as continuous mode. The empty tubular reactors are widely used reactor systems for continuous processing in chemical and allied industry. The heat effects due to these reactions necessitate the use of some heat removal/addition system with these reactors...