Modeling

Applied PSRI’s entrainment model to numerous client designs and issues including accounting for particle clustering
Applied PSRI’s cyclone efficiency and pressure drop models to numerous client designs and issues
Developed algorithm for decoupling cyclone loading and particle velocities in industrial cyclones from ultrasonic signals
Developed algorithm for determining bubble size, rise velocity and frequency in a fluidized bed
Developed dispersion models from gas and solid tracer results in a fluidized bed
Developed a reduced order model for gas and solids hydrodynamics with kinetics in a fluidized bed
Developed a reduced order model for gas and solids hydrodynamics with kinetics in a riser
Developed a reduced order reactor model sulfur capture in a series of fluidized beds
Developed a population balance model for particle attrition in a fluidized bed reactor accounting for entrainment, cyclone efficiency and intermittent solids additions
Help developed a DEM model for particle attrition testing
Application and development of population balance model tools for tracking changes in distributed properties (e.g. particle size distribution, particle composition distribution, age distribution)
Developed a CFD model for the distribution of spent catalyst into an FCC fluidized bed regenerator
Developed a CFD model for acrylonitrile production in a fluidized bed
Developed a CFD model for the solids distribution from a FCC riser to primary and secondary cyclones in the FCC reactor section

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