On the combination of CFD and rate-based modelling in the simulation of reactive separation processes

The sensitivity studies provide information on the influence of important hardware parameters and show optimisation tendencies. The CFD simulations can be regarded as virtual experiments carried out without really existing column units which help to predict the performance of the internals by varying their geometrical and structural properties. Supplemented by the rate-based simulations, the suggested method can be viewed as a principal way towards the virtual prototyping of internals.