Multiphase Reactor Database Interrogation and Computing at the Finger Tip

A learning approach is proposed to critically evaluate the hydrodynamic, heat and mass transfer parameters for multiphase reactors. Packaged as interactive software, this learning approach exposes students, engineers and researchers to a range of reactor features. It allows gaining insights in computing reactor characteristics, sifting through databases, choosing the fittest correlations, embedding proprietary models and databanks for critical analysis. The software developed at Laval University integrates comprehensive databanks and correlations on gas–liquid co- and counter-current packed beds.