CFD simulation of the effect of pellet size on the catalytic converter performance

Fixed-bed reactor is a common reactor type in the chemical and process industry. In this study, we used a one-dimensional fixed bed reactor to investigate the effect of pellet size in a catalytic converter. To study, we considered two pellets of different sizes to improve catalytic performance. According to the simulation performed with COMSOL Multiphysics software, the concentration of carbon monoxide in the center of the pellet was low throughout the reactor and the reduction in pellet diameter improved performance

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Computational fluid dynamics ، Catalytic converter ، Fixed-bed reactor ، carbon monoxide