Process simulation solids

Under certain conditions of temperature and pressure, and in the presence of free water, hydrocarbon gases can form hydrates, which are a solid formed by the combination of water molecules and the methane, ethane, propane or butane. Hydrates look like compacted snow, and can form blockages in pipelines and other vessels. Process engineers use correlation techniques and process simulation to predict the possibility of hydrate formation, and prevent its formation by either drying the gas or adding a chemical (such as tri-ethylene glycol), or a combination of both. This is further discussed in SectionlO.1. 

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Thus, methods are now becoming available such that process systems can be designed to manufacture crystal products of desired chemical and physical properties and characteristics under optimal conditions. In this chapter, the essential features of methods for the analysis of particulate crystal formation and subsequent solid-liquid separation operations discussed in Chapters 3 and 4 will be recapitulated. The interaction between crystallization and downstream processing will be illustrated by practical examples and problems highlighted. Procedures for industrial crystallization process analysis, synthesis and optimization will then be considered and aspects of process simulation, control and sustainable manufacture reviewed. 

Properly simulating a dissolution process of solid particles in a stirred vessel operated in the turbulent-flow regime urges for a very detailed simulation of the turbulent-flow field itself. Just reproducing the overall flow pattern by means of... 

Just like in the context of simulating solids suspension, one may wonder whether much may be expected from just sticking to the two-fluid approach combined with population balances. A better way ahead might rather be to combine population balances with LES, while proper relations for the various kernels used for describing coalescence and break-up processes could be determined from DNS of periodic boxes comprising a certain number of bubbles (or drops). The latter simulations would serve to study the detailed response of bubbles or drops to the ambient turbulent flow. 

The phase equilibria of the most important compounds will be described in the following section. In the sections thereafter, we will treat mass transport in melt-phase polycondensation, as well as in solid-state polycondensation, and discuss the diffusion and mass transfer models that have been used for process simulation. 

A. Hasmy and R. Jullien Sol-Gel Process Simulation by Cluster-Cluster Aggregation. J. Non-Crystalline Solids 186, 352 (1995). 

Figures 10.9S(a,b) show isopleths calculated between (a) corium and siliceous concrete and (b) corium and limestone concrete. Comparison between experimental (Roche et al. 1993) and calculated values for the solidus are in reasonable agreement, but two of the calculated liquidus values are substantially different. However, as the solidus temperature is more critical in the process, the calculations can clearly provide quite good-quality data for use in subsequent process simulations. Solidus values are critical factors in controlling the extent of crust formation between the melt-concrete and melt-atmosphere interface, which can lead to thermal insulation and so produce higher melt temperatures. Also the solidus, and proportions of liquid and solid as a function of temperature, are important input parameters into other software codes which model thermal hydraulic progression and viscosity of the melt (Cole et al. 1984).

In summary, ASPEN has many features, discussed earlier in this paper, which qualify it as a third generation process simulator. A flexible executive system allows the user to have unlimited numbers of dimensions in streams, components, models and stages in equipment models. Solids may be handled in as many phases as desired. Arbitrary properties, called attributes, may be given to these phases and streams to allow handling properties such as particle size distributions. An engineer... 

Figure 11 E-pH diagram for Ti developed by Silverman for 75°C and 10 M Cl . Symbols represent measured Ecat of Grade 2 Ti alloy in a simulated process solution. Solid symbols indicate conditions that led to rapid corrosion (> 20 mpy), whereas open symbols represent conditions that led to very low corrosion rates (< C 1 mpy).

Description The process simulates a moving bed of adsorbent with continuous counter-current flow of liquid feed over a solid bed of adsorbent. Feed and products enter and leave the adsorbent bed continuously, at nearly constant compositions. A rotary valve is used to periodically switch the positions of the feed-entry and product-withdrawal points as the composition profile moves down the adsorbent bed. 

Theoretical simulations are widely, and increasingly, used in numerous fields of science. The rapid development of computing power facilitates simulations of problems that continue to grow in scale and complexity. Combining this with the fact that heterogeneous catalysts play an enormous economic role in industry and environmental control, it is not surprising that computer simulations are used to great extent in the study of catalytic processes on solid surfaces. 

Solid-liquid equilibrium phase diagrams play an important role in the design of industrial crystallization processes. The calculation of phase diagrams can be used to validate the activity coefficient model used for process simulation. 

Robinson MT (1993) Computer simulation of atomic collision processes in solids. Mater Res Soc Symp Proc 279 3-16... 

Dryers are included as modules in standard process simulators such as Aspen Plus and HYSYS (Aspen Technology), Pro/II (Simsci/lnven-sys) and Unisim (Honeywell), and the prototype Solidsim solids process simulator. These are confined (as of 2006) to heat and mass balances or, at most, simple scoping design. 

Vazquez, J. A., Gonzalez, M. P., and Murado, M. A. (2004). Murado Pediocin production by Pediococcus acidilactici in solid state culture on a waste medium. Process simulation and experimental results. Biotech. Bioeng. 85, 676-682. 

These values are consistent with literature data for monoclinic crystalline Zr02 [97]. The excellent fits of experimental data (dots) and simulations (solid lines) in fig. 1.29(a-d) is strong evidence for a texture-dependence of crystallization processes in anodic Zr02films. 

Rubio, J.E., Jaraiz, M., Martm-Bragado, ]., Pinacho, R., Castrillo, P. and Barbolla, J. (2004) Physically based Modelling of Damage, Amorphization, and Recrystallization for Predictive Device-Size Process Simulation. Mater. Sci. Eng. B-Solid State Mater. Adv. Technol., 114, 151-155. 

Chemical Process Equipment Selection and Design Stanley M. Walas Chemical Process Structures and Information Flows Richard S.H. Mah Computational Methods for Process Simulation W. Fred Ramirez Constitutive Equations for Polymer Melts and Solutions Ronald G, Larson Fundamental Process Control David M. Prett and Carlos E, Garcia Gas-Liquid-Solid Fluidization Engineering Liang-Shih Fan Gas Separation by Adsorption Processes Ralph T. Yang... 

Dynamical processes in solids, including vibrational properties and atomic diffusion are of obvious interest and importance, not only in a crystallographic context but in broader aspects of materials science. Chapter 4 therefore focuses on the application of molecular dynamics simulation techniques in the explicit modelling of the atomic dynamics of solids. 

As will be apparent in Chapter 4, MD simulations have made major contributions to our understanding of the structures and dynamical properties of solids. Problems and processes simulated include phase transitions (e.g. Impey et al., 1985 Meyer and Ciccotti, 1985), orientation dynamics in molecular crystals (e.g. Dove and Pawley, 1984) and ionic and diffusion (e.g. Gillan and Dixon, 1980 Vashishta and Rahman, 1978). In addition, they have been used to study melting and, as noted above, to prepare glass structures by a simulated melt-quench cycle as described by Vessal in Chapter 12. 

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