High Pressure Studies As a Key for Understanding the Ion Dynamicsof Polymerized Ionic Liquids

Trickle bed reactors are widely applied across different chemical and biochemical industries. Despite the vast applications and uses of these systems, there is still a need to optimize these reactors in order to enhance their throughput and to enable the development of new processes. The present study is conducted to advance the knowledge in the optimization of the phases distribution in a TBR. The first place the study looks into is the distribution plate which is responsible for premixing the gas and liquid going into the reactor. Ensuring the distribution plate produces a homogeneous mixture allows for an enhanced throughput of the reactor. In this study, the distributor plate design over the phase’s distribution was analyzed using Computational Fluid Dynamic techniques. STAR CCM+ was utilized to run simulations of the distributor plate to determine the maldistribution coefficient within the trickle bed reactor; a volume of fluids approach was used to approximate the fluid interactions. These simulations were validated by comparing the predictions made by the simulation against the experimental data that was measured previously.