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Record W2799633616 · doi:10.3390/pr6050044

Cuboid Packed-Beds as Chemical Reactors?

2018· article· en· W2799633616 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueProcesses · 2018
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
Canadian institutionsMcMaster University
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaOntario Research FoundationMcMaster University
KeywordsPacked bedCuboidHeat transferMass transferResidence time (fluid dynamics)Flow (mathematics)Volume (thermodynamics)ChemistryDistillationChromatographyMechanicsMaterials scienceThermodynamicsMechanical engineeringEngineeringGeotechnical engineering

Abstract

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Columns are widely used as packed-bed or fixed-bed reactors in the chemical process industry. Packed columns are also used for carrying out chemical separation techniques such as adsorption, distillation, extraction and chromatography. A combination of the variability in flow path lengths, and the variability of velocity along these flow paths results in significant broadening in solute residence time distribution within columns, particularly in those having low bed height to diameter ratios. Therefore, wide packed-column reactors operate at low efficiencies. Also, for a column of a particular bed height, the ratio of heat transfer surface area to reactor volume varies inversely as the radius. Therefore, with wide columns, the available heat transfer area could become a limiting factor. In recent papers, box-shaped or cuboid packed-bed devices have been proposed as efficient alternatives to packed columns for carrying out chromatographic separations. In this paper, the use of cuboid packed-beds as reactors for carrying out chemical and biochemical reactions has been proposed. This proposition is primarily supported in terms of advantages resulting from superior system hydraulics and narrower residence time distributions. Other potential advantages, such as better heat transfer attributes, are speculated based on geometric considerations.

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Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

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Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
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Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.284
Threshold uncertainty score0.474

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Opus teacher head0.010
GPT teacher head0.247
Teacher spread0.236 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
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