Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Reactors with Continuous Liquid Phase

Chapter 1

Introduction

To meet the growing need for bulk chemicals in the national economy and in human life, chemical engineers have been trying to develop the best methodology for scaling up all types of reactors for diversified products. Historically, a larger scale reactor was tentatively designed after a series of cold model experiments and hot model tests. Even though these tests were done carefully and the design was backed up with a wealth of valuable intellectual experience, such a scale-up remains quite risky, because a new or large-sized reactor is the result of extrapolation based on tests in limited scopes of reactor configuration and experimental conditions. Better extrapolation would result from a basis of scientific laws ...