What is a slurry reactor

Slurry reactors are applied nowadays in a wide range of chemical processes, both on a laboratory scale and in industrial practice.The center of any chemical process is the reactor, where chemical reactions are carried out to transform feeds into products.On the other hand, while fine powders may suffer from attrition, dispersed systems are more difficult to recover and recycle.Dispersed systems improve this distribution thoroughly and easier than any fine powder.The bubble column in which the gas is fed into the column at the bottom and rises in the liquid escaping from it at the upper surface;

They usually consist of a solids suspended in a liquid, through which a gas is bubbled.The slurry catalytic reactor will be used in the laboratory to try different catalyst batches or alternatives.The gas is consumed to a greater or lesser extent depending on the intensity of mass transfer and chemical reaction.The ideal contacting flow pattern involves the countercurrent movement of gas and liquid (slurry) phases in a plug flow manner.They may be used in such applications as hydrogenation, oxidation, hydroformylation, and ethynylation.

The most common use of slurry is as a means of transporting solids or separating minerals, the liquid being a carrier that is pumped on a device such as a centrifugal pump.The internals of the bubble column reactor may have a dramatic impact on the flow.It is important to ensure that the equipment specified will be capable of achieving the desired yields and selectivity.A slurry is a mixture of denser solids suspended in liquid, usually water.