SCI和EI收录∣中国化工学会会刊

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering ›› 2018, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (6): 1340-1349.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2018.04.024

• Catalytic reactor & ISMR • 上一篇    下一篇

CFD simulation of homogeneous reaction characteristics of dehydration of fructose to HMF in micro-channel reactors

Xin Zhang1,2, Hui Liu1,2, Amar Samb1,2, Guofeng Wang3   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China;
    2 Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Environmental Catalysis, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China;
    3 China Tianchen Engineering Corporation(Beijing Branch), Beijing 100029, China
  • 收稿日期:2017-11-24 修回日期:2018-04-22 出版日期:2018-06-28 发布日期:2018-08-03
  • 通讯作者: Hui Liu,E-mail address:hliu@mail.buct.edu.cn

CFD simulation of homogeneous reaction characteristics of dehydration of fructose to HMF in micro-channel reactors

Xin Zhang1,2, Hui Liu1,2, Amar Samb1,2, Guofeng Wang3   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China;
    2 Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Environmental Catalysis, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China;
    3 China Tianchen Engineering Corporation(Beijing Branch), Beijing 100029, China
  • Received:2017-11-24 Revised:2018-04-22 Online:2018-06-28 Published:2018-08-03
  • Contact: Hui Liu,E-mail address:hliu@mail.buct.edu.cn

摘要: In this work the applicability of the micro-channel reactor technique to the production of promising platform chemical 5-hydroxymethyl furan (HMF) from fructose in aqueous solution is systemically investigated by performing CFD simulations. Influential factors including solvents, residence time distribution of reaction mixtures, heat transfer conditions and micro-channel configurations are evaluated in terms of the reaction performance indices, i.e., conversion of fructose, HMF selectivity and yield. A scale-up method from a single channel to a multiple channel reactor is also proposed. It is demonstrated that:1) at the single channel scale, controlling residence times and temperature distribution of the reaction mixture within the channel is crucial for enhancing the reaction performance, while different channel configurations lead to marginal improvements; 2) for the scaling-up of the reaction process, a reactor module containing 15 circular parallel channels could be used as module blocks, which can be stacked one by one to meet the required reactor performance and production capacity. The present results show that micro-reactors are quite suitable for HMF production.

关键词: Fructose dehydration, Micro-channel reactor, Simulation, Optimization

Abstract: In this work the applicability of the micro-channel reactor technique to the production of promising platform chemical 5-hydroxymethyl furan (HMF) from fructose in aqueous solution is systemically investigated by performing CFD simulations. Influential factors including solvents, residence time distribution of reaction mixtures, heat transfer conditions and micro-channel configurations are evaluated in terms of the reaction performance indices, i.e., conversion of fructose, HMF selectivity and yield. A scale-up method from a single channel to a multiple channel reactor is also proposed. It is demonstrated that:1) at the single channel scale, controlling residence times and temperature distribution of the reaction mixture within the channel is crucial for enhancing the reaction performance, while different channel configurations lead to marginal improvements; 2) for the scaling-up of the reaction process, a reactor module containing 15 circular parallel channels could be used as module blocks, which can be stacked one by one to meet the required reactor performance and production capacity. The present results show that micro-reactors are quite suitable for HMF production.

Key words: Fructose dehydration, Micro-channel reactor, Simulation, Optimization