The double-ring radial reactor is a reactor with lower bed pressure drop and higher energy-saving efficiency. In order to study the influence of the catalyst bed and reactor structure on the flow field in the reactor
the changes of the flow field in the reactor with randomly stacked beds of 10 mm
12 mm
16 mm and 20 mm are simulated and the flow field changes in the reactor when the opening rates of the distribution cylinder are 0.044
0.087 and 0.121. The results show that although the bed filled with smaller catalyst particles has greater bed resistance
it also has higher flow field uniformity. After comprehensive comparison
the radial reactor with a 12 mm stacked bed has the best flow field distribution. As the opening ratio decreases from 0.121 to 0.044
the uniformity of the inner bed changes from negative to positive
and the uniformity of the outer bed increases from 0.36 to 0.84. Through the comprehensive comparison of the two factors
it is found that the opening ratio has a greater influence on the flow field uniformity than the particle size
and opening the aperture ratio can quickly improve the flow field uniformity.
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