Pressure Drop in Packed Bed Reactors: Interactive Simulation
Try to predict the behavior when a parameter changes before using a slider to change that parameter. A screencast below describes how to use this simulation.
Pressure Drop in a PBR
Try to answer these questions before determining the answers with the simulation. We suggest that you write down the reasons for your answers.
- As the size of particles in a packed bed increases, does the pressure drop increase, decrease, or essentially not change?
- For two reactors of the same length but different pressure drops, will conversion be higher or lower in the reactor with the larger pressure drop? Why?