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The European Commission has funded Fluent Europe to work on two important
projects related to process industry applications.
OLMES
OLMES is a project that looks at the application of CFD to the design
of membrane separation devices used in the production of reformulated
gasoline. To date, the primary method available for olefin reduction in
FCC-derived gasoline is the hydro-treating process. However, hydro-treatment
is a very energy-intensive process and significantly reduces octane quality.
Membrane separation is now becoming an attractive alternative, but many
practical design problems remain. The OLMES project aims to build simulation
software that will aid the design process by modeling the fluid flow and
mass transfer in the many fine passageways that make up a membrane separator.
Brite-Euram Project BE 3022: CATAPOL.
The Reaction Engineering of Heterogeneously Catalyzed Polymerizations
CATAPOL is a project that applies CFD to the modeling of heterogeneously-catalyzed
gas-phase polymerization, involving the injection of catalyst particles
into a fluidized bed where they react with monomer gas to grow polymer
particles. Using CFD modeling of individual particle behavior and fluidized
bed hydrodynamics, the project will address potential problems such as
reactor stability and thermal runaway.
Temperature prediction in the vicinity of two catalyst-impregnated
particles, studied as part of the CATAPOL project on the application
of CFD to polymerization
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