Computers & Chemical Engineering, Vol.21, No.4, 409-415, 1997
Simulation of Multistage Catalytic Stripping with a Nonequilibrium Stage Model
A nonequilibrium stage model of a multistage gas-liquid-solid reactive separation process is developed, in which the multicomponent mass and energy transfer between liquid and solid phases are taken into account. An algorithm based on a differential homotopy continuation method is demonstrated. A simulation of a catalytic stripping with a condensation of phenol with acetone to produce Bisphenol-A and water is carried out. The prediction is in good agreement with the experimental data in a pilot plant. Compared with a liquid-solid quasihomogeneous model, calculations by our model are more precise.
Keywords:MULTICOMPONENT SEPARATION PROCESSES;HETEROGENEOUS AZEOTROPIC DISTILLATION;CONTINUATION METHODS;MASS-TRANSFER;EQUATIONS;SYSTEMS;BED