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    Visual Encyclopedia of Chemical Engineering

    Moving Bed Reactors


    Moving bed reactors are reactors in which the catalytic material flows along with the
    reactants and is then separated from the exit stream and recycled.

    ( Copyright of PEWE LLC, Camas, WA)


    General Information

    Moving bed reactors are catalytic reactors in which the catalyst moves through the reac-
    tor along with the reactants. They are open systems and operate at steady state .

    The animation below shows the operation of a moving-bed reactor. Reactants (green)
    and catalyst (white) enter the top of the reactor and move through the vessel. Once at
    the bottom the catalyst (black) is removed and regenerated; products (blue) are removed
    from the reaction system and the catalyst is regenerated and brought to the top of the
    reactor.

    Equipment Design

    This animation shows the basic operation within a moving bed reactor. Solid catalyst
    pellets are continuously introduced at the top of the reactor, as are the fluid phase reac-
    tants. The catalyst and the fluid flow together down the reactor. The reaction takes place
    along the way, which establishes a concentration gradient. In some cases, a set of sam-
    pling access ports may be installed so that one may collect data on reactant and product
    concentrations. Heating coils or wraps can be included along the reaction chamber to
    mediate heat from the reaction.
    Usage Examples

    Moving bed reactors are frequently used in wastewater treatment processes. They can be
    tuned to the application by selecting specific microbes, but these types of reactors are
    very effective at nitrification, denitrification, and chemical oxygen demand (COD)
    reduction processes. Because moving bed reactors are also easy to build, it is also easy to
    scale the reactor to meet different wastewater demands.

    (Copyright BioprocessH2O, Portsmouth, RI)

    Advantages

    Disadvantages

    • Easy to regenerate catalyst


    • Have plug flow characteristics
    • Low catalyst handling cost
    • High conversion rate
    • Good selectivity

    • Flow of solids not easy to maintain


    • Poor heat transfer characteristics
    • Fluid reactant may bypass catalyst bed
    • Solid distribution difficult to maintain
    • Stagnation may occur
    • Attrition, break-up of catalyst pellets due to impact against reactor walls, may
    occur

    Acknowledgements
    Process Engineered Water Equipment LLC , Camas, WA

    BioprocessH2O , Portsmouth, RI

    References
    Fish, Barry Brent. A S tudy of M oving B ed and S imulated M oving B ed S eparators and
    R eactors . Ann Arbor, MI: UMI 1988. Print.

    Fogler, Scott H. Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering . 3rd ed. Englewood Cliffs,
    NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1998. Print.

    Hill, Charles G., Jr. An Introduction to Chemical Engineering Kinetics and Reactor
    Design . New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1977. Print.

    Perry, Robert H., and Don W. Green. Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook . 7th ed. New
    York: McGraw-Hill Inc., 1997. Print.

    Trambouze, Pierre, Van Landeghem, Hugo, and Wauquier, Jean-Pierre. Chemical Reac-
    tors . Houston: Gulf Publishing Company, 1988. Print.

    Walas, Stanley M. Reaction Kinetics for Chemical Engineers . New York: McGraw-Hill
    Inc., 1959. Print.

    Developers
    Sam Catalano

    Alex Wozniak
    Joel Holland

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