Engineering Development of Slurry Bubble Column Reactor (SBCR) Technology Quarterly Report Oct 1, 1997 - Dec 31, 1997

Engineering Development of Slurry Bubble Column Reactor (SBCR) Technology
Quarterly Report October - December 1997

Exxon Research and Engineering
Chang, Min
Chen, Jinwen
Gupta, Puneet
Kumar, Sailesh

Ohio State University is 29 pages and 684kb
The following report from Ohio State University for the period contains these brief chapters:
Highlights
Work Performed
1	Development of Fiber Optic Probe System
2	Effect of Pressure on the Gas Holdup of Slurry Bubble Column
Objective				34
Introduction				34
Experimental				36
Instantaneous Heat Transfer Measurement/Probe Design				37
Measurement Technique				38
Probe Validation				40
Instantaneous Heat Transfer Coefficient				40
Concluding Remarks				41
Nomenclature				42
References				42
Figures and Tables				43

Washington University Research is 37 pages and 1,039kb
The following report from Washington University for the period contains these brief chapters:
Objectives for the Third Budget Year
Outline of Accomplishments
1.	Turbulence Parameters in 18-in. Diameter Columns with and without Intervals
2.	Establishment of the Relationship between the Axial Dispersion Coefficient and Parameters of the Phenomenological Recycle with Cross Flow and Eddy Diffusion Model
3.	Progress in Evaluation of the Momentum Balance Equation for Bubble Column Using CARPT and CT Measurements
	Objective for the Third Budget Year			i
	Outline of Accomplishments			ii
1.	Turbulence parameters in 18-in. Diameter Columns with and without Intervals			1
	1.1	Outline of the Experiments		1
	1.2	Experimental Results and Discussions		2
		1.2.1	Turbulent Parameters in the Column without Intervals	2
		1.2.2	Turbulent Parameters in the Column with Intervals	2
		1.2.3	Comparison of these Turbulent Stresses in the Columns with and without Intervals	3
	1.3	References		3
2.	Establishment of the Relationship between the Axial Dispersion Coefficient and Parameters of the Phenomenological Recycle with Cross Flow and Eddy Diffusion Model			13
	2.1	Two-Dimensional Convection-Diffusion Model for Liquid Mixing in Bubble Columns		13
	2.2	Relationship between Axial Dispersion Coefficient and Parameters in the Phenomenological Recycle with Cross Flow and Eddy Diffusion Model		15
	2.3	Nomenclature		20
	2.4	References		21
3.	Progress in Evaluation of the Momentum Balance Equation for Bubble Column Using CARPT and CT Measurements			22
	3.1	Introduction		22
	3.2	Discussion		23
	3.3	Conclusion		25
	3.4	Nomenclature		25
	3.5	References		26

Exxon Research and Engineering is 17 pages and 527kb
Computation of Particle Source Strength for CARPT Experiment				56
	Figure 1		Schematics of the detector setup for CARPT	56
	Figure 2a		Particle at best location	57
	Figure 2b		Particle at worst location	57
	Table 1		Physical Properties	59
Design of Calibration Device for the High Pressure System				61
	1	Introduction		61
	2	Description of the device		62
	3	Procedure and cost estimation		64
	Figure 1		Radial gas hold-up (a) and Axial liquid velocity (b) distribution in 48.3 cm column at various axial locations U₉ = 3.34 cm/s	69
	Figure 2		Simulation for the presence of circulation cells	70
	Figure 3		Simulation inhibiting the circulation cells	71
	Figure 4		Gas holdup profiles with and without circulation cells	72