Modeling Fluid and Heat Transport in a New Type Thermal Isomerization Fluidized Bed Reactor

Abstract

In the current work, with a new concept of resident ratio which impacts the reaction time, a fluid flow and heat transfer model were employed for simulating pressure drop, temperature profile and fluid flow properties of new type thermal isomerization reactor. The thermal isomerization experiment of β-pinenewas performed using the reactor. Momentum equation, energy equation and kinetic equationswere used to describe the fluid flow and heat transfer. The experimental results were in good agreement with theoretical simulation which indicated that the temperature difference between boundary and initial can be decreased by using steel balls and this modified fluidized bed can improve the yield and selectivity of the products effectively.