Research Article

Modeling and Simulation of the Hydrogenation of α-Methylstyrene on Catalytically Active Metal Foams as Tubular Reactor Packing

Table 1

Simulation parameters.

ParameterSymbolValueUnit

Volumetric flow rate liquid10⋯40mL min−1
Volumetric flow rate gas50⋯200mL min−1
Mass fraction of AMS 20wt. %
Inlet pressures1, 10 Bar
Initial temperatures393, 313K
Reactor length0.5m
Reactor diameter0.017m
Pore density of foams30PPI
Number of collocation points50
Number of finite elements1