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CHM 160 - Fluidized Bed Reactor Startup, Operation & Troubleshooting

Code Start Date Duration Venue
CHM 160 20 May 2024 5 Days Istanbul Registration Form Link
CHM 160 24 June 2024 5 Days Istanbul Registration Form Link
CHM 160 29 July 2024 5 Days Istanbul Registration Form Link
CHM 160 02 September 2024 5 Days Istanbul Registration Form Link
CHM 160 07 October 2024 5 Days Istanbul Registration Form Link
CHM 160 11 November 2024 5 Days Istanbul Registration Form Link
CHM 160 16 December 2024 5 Days Istanbul Registration Form Link
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Course Description

This 5 day course focuses on the design and operation of fluidized beds in many different industrial processes, emphasizing the rationale for choosing fluidized beds for each particular process. It presents both the fluid dynamics of gas-solid fluidized beds and the extensive experimental studies of operating systems and they set them in the context of  operating processes  that use fluid bed reactors. 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and an up-to-date overview of fluidized bed reactor startup, operation and troubleshooting. It covers the catalytic processes; the non-catalytic processes, combustion, gasification and chemical looping; the fluidized-bed-combustion; the conversion of biomass and waste fuels in fluidized-bed reactors; the conversion mechanisms in fluidized-bed reactors; and the operating parameters comprising of feeding methods, equivalence ratio, number of feed points, bed temperature, solid fuel feed size, effects of inserts content, bed depth and fluidizing velocity.

During this interactive course, participants will learn the various examples of industrial applications for fluidized-bed combustion and gasification, pyrolysis and fluid bed plasma treatment; the effects of process conditions on fluidization, the effect of temperature fluidization and the effect of pressure on fluidization; and the fluidized-bed scaling, dimensional analysis, combustion scaling and validation of the scaling laws.

Course Objectives

  • Identifying the conversion mechanisms in fluidized-bed reactors
  • Applying systematic techniques on fluidized bed reactor startup, operation and troubleshooting
  • Describing catalytic processes covering olefin polymerization, n-butane oxidation to maleic anhydride, propylene ammoxidation to acrylonitrile, vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), vinyl acetate monomer (VAM), gas-to-liquid technologies and fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC)
  • Carrying out operating parameters comprising of feeding methods, equivalence ratio, number of feed points, bed temperature, solid fuel feed size, effects of inserts content, bed depth and fluidizing velocity
  • Recognizing non-catalytic processes, combustion, gasification and chemical looping
  • Analysing liquid-bed-combustion and conversion of biomass and waste fuels in fluidized-bed reactors
  • Giving various examples of industrial applications for fluidized-bed combustion and gasification, pyrolysis and fluid bed plasma treatment
  • Recognizing the effects of  process conditions  on fluidization,  the effect  of temperature fluidization and the effect of pressure on fluidization
  • Illustrating fluidized-bed scaling, dimensional analysis, combustion scaling and validation of the scaling laws

Who Should Attend?

  • Engineers and engineering staff in charge of designing or operating reactors.
  • Process engineers,
  • Maintenance Engineers 
  • laboratory technical staff
  • Loss prevention Engineers 

Course Details/Schedule

Day 1

  • Reactor engineering fundamentals, 
  • Catalytic Processes applied in process plants 
  • Non Catalytic Processes 
  • Uranium Processing, Hydrogen Chloride, Ultra-Pure Silicon, Fluid
  • Coking, Sulfide Ore Roasting, Gasification,  Chemical Looping 

Day 2

  • Fluidized-Bed Combustion
  • Conversion of Biomass & Waste Fuels in Fluidized-Bed Reactors 
  • Conversion Mechanisms in Fluidized-Bed Reactors 
  • Char- Conversion and Fuel Reactivity 

Day 3

  • Operating Parameters
  • Solid Fuel Feed Size, Effects of Inserts Content, Bed Depth, Fluidizing Velocity
  • Examples of Industrial Applications 
  • Fluidized-Bed Gasification, Pyrolysis
  • Fluid Bed Plasma Treatment

Day 4

  • Effects of Process Conditions on Fluidization 
  • Magnetic Forces,  Capillary Forces,  Solid Bridges 
  • Effect of Temperature on Fluidization 
  • Effect  of Temperature on Fluid-Bed Expansion and Richardson-Zaki Relationship
  • Effect of Temperature on Stability of Group A Powders and the Non-Bubbling Ratio

Day 5

  • Effect of Pressure on Fluidization: Minimum Fluidization Velocity, 
  • Bubble Dynamics and Jet Penetration 
  • Entrainment and Elutriation, Heat Transfer
  • Fluidized-Bed Scaling: Dimensional Analysis, Combustion Scaling 
  • Validation of the Scaling Laws, Application of the Scaling Laws to the Thermal,   
  • Denitration Reactors at Sellafield, UK