RTD STUDIES IN PACKED BED REACTOR

PRODUCT DETAILS

Description

Axial diffusion and dispersion of fluid in packed beds areimportant for design and operation of separationequipment and Chemicals reactors. The tracer technique,the most widely used method for the study of axialdispersion. In stimulus response experimentation, weperturb the system using pulse input of tracer and thensee how the system reacts or responds to this stimulus.The analysis of the response gives the desiredinformation about the system.The setup consists of a glass column packed with Rasching Rings and one feed tank. Water is fed to thereactor through liquid distributor, fitted at the bottom ofthe column. Rotameter is provided to measure the flowof water. The flow rate can be adjusted by operating theneedle valve provided on Rotameter. For understandingthe R.T.D. characteristics, a special arrangement to injecttracer into the lower end of reactor, using a syringe, isprovided. Samples can be taken periodically from the topoutlet of reactor. Pressure Regulator & Pressure Gaugeare fitted in the compressed air line.