Advanced search
2 files | 4.46 MB Add to list

Computational fluid dynamics simulation of a high-throughput catalytic fixed-bed reactor for total oxidation of methane

Mohammad Rusydi Fatahillah (UGent) , Reza Monjezi (UGent) , Yi Ouyang (UGent) , Joris Thybaut (UGent) , Dirk Poelman (UGent) and Geraldine Heynderickx (UGent)
Author
Organization
Project
Abstract
This paper presents a two-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study to investigate the performance of our high-throughput fixed-bed reactor used for the total oxidation of diluted volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in a continuous gas stream. The CFD model, based on a porous medium and a power-law kinetic model, is validated by comparing the calculated and experimentally determined conversion of methane, the selected VOC, over the beta-cyclodextrin-Cu/hydroxyapatite catalyst for different operating conditions. The CFD model captures the effect of varying partial pressures of methane and oxygen on the methane conversion at various space times and temperatures. Overall, the simulation results qualitatively agree with experimental data within an average deviation of 17%. Analysis of the flow field, calculated using CFD, suggests that the reactor behavior resembles that of an ideal plug-flow reactor. The findings set out the lines for creating a simplified one-dimensional model of the high-throughput reactor in future research.
Keywords
VOLATILE ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS, INDOOR AIR-QUALITY, PRESSURE-DROP, REACTION-KINETICS, CFD, FLOW, OPTIMIZATION, PYROLYSIS, PROPANE, VOCS

Downloads

  • 1150 MRF Manuscriptdocument.pdf
    • full text (Accepted manuscript)
    • |
    • open access
    • |
    • PDF
    • |
    • 1.38 MB
  • (...).pdf
    • full text (Published version)
    • |
    • UGent only
    • |
    • PDF
    • |
    • 3.08 MB

Citation

Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:

MLA
Fatahillah, Mohammad Rusydi, et al. “Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of a High-Throughput Catalytic Fixed-Bed Reactor for Total Oxidation of Methane.” INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, vol. 63, no. 7, 2024, pp. 3290–300, doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.3c03611.
APA
Fatahillah, M. R., Monjezi, R., Ouyang, Y., Thybaut, J., Poelman, D., & Heynderickx, G. (2024). Computational fluid dynamics simulation of a high-throughput catalytic fixed-bed reactor for total oxidation of methane. INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 63(7), 3290–3300. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c03611
Chicago author-date
Fatahillah, Mohammad Rusydi, Reza Monjezi, Yi Ouyang, Joris Thybaut, Dirk Poelman, and Geraldine Heynderickx. 2024. “Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of a High-Throughput Catalytic Fixed-Bed Reactor for Total Oxidation of Methane.” INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH 63 (7): 3290–3300. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c03611.
Chicago author-date (all authors)
Fatahillah, Mohammad Rusydi, Reza Monjezi, Yi Ouyang, Joris Thybaut, Dirk Poelman, and Geraldine Heynderickx. 2024. “Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of a High-Throughput Catalytic Fixed-Bed Reactor for Total Oxidation of Methane.” INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH 63 (7): 3290–3300. doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.3c03611.
Vancouver
1.
Fatahillah MR, Monjezi R, Ouyang Y, Thybaut J, Poelman D, Heynderickx G. Computational fluid dynamics simulation of a high-throughput catalytic fixed-bed reactor for total oxidation of methane. INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH. 2024;63(7):3290–300.
IEEE
[1]
M. R. Fatahillah, R. Monjezi, Y. Ouyang, J. Thybaut, D. Poelman, and G. Heynderickx, “Computational fluid dynamics simulation of a high-throughput catalytic fixed-bed reactor for total oxidation of methane,” INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, vol. 63, no. 7, pp. 3290–3300, 2024.
@article{01JC5DKN3NH3KHZH31V8FYT7TZ,
  abstract     = {{This paper presents a two-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study to investigate the performance of our high-throughput fixed-bed reactor used for the total oxidation of diluted volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in a continuous gas stream. The CFD model, based on a porous medium and a power-law kinetic model, is validated by comparing the calculated and experimentally determined conversion of methane, the selected VOC, over the beta-cyclodextrin-Cu/hydroxyapatite catalyst for different operating conditions. The CFD model captures the effect of varying partial pressures of methane and oxygen on the methane conversion at various space times and temperatures. Overall, the simulation results qualitatively agree with experimental data within an average deviation of 17%. Analysis of the flow field, calculated using CFD, suggests that the reactor behavior resembles that of an ideal plug-flow reactor. The findings set out the lines for creating a simplified one-dimensional model of the high-throughput reactor in future research.}},
  author       = {{Fatahillah, Mohammad Rusydi and Monjezi, Reza and Ouyang, Yi and Thybaut, Joris and Poelman, Dirk and Heynderickx, Geraldine}},
  issn         = {{0888-5885}},
  journal      = {{INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH}},
  keywords     = {{VOLATILE ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS,INDOOR AIR-QUALITY,PRESSURE-DROP,REACTION-KINETICS,CFD,FLOW,OPTIMIZATION,PYROLYSIS,PROPANE,VOCS}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{7}},
  pages        = {{3290--3300}},
  title        = {{Computational fluid dynamics simulation of a high-throughput catalytic fixed-bed reactor for total oxidation of methane}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c03611}},
  volume       = {{63}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}

Altmetric
View in Altmetric
Web of Science
Times cited: