The Liquid Maldistribution Analysis of the Trickle Bed Reactor with the CFD Method

Table 1

The parameter values of the multiphase flow and porous area.

Simulation setup	Gas phase density (kg/m^3)	1.225
	Gas phase viscosity (kg/m^−s)	1.7894e^−5
	Reference temperature (k)	298.15
	Turbulent kinetic energy	10
	Turbulent dissipation rate	0.4
	Liquid phase density (kg/m^3)	998.2
	Liquid phase viscosity (kg/m^−s)	0.001003
	Face permeability (m^2)	1.4925e^−8
	Porous permeability	0.5
	Viscous resistance	6.7e^+7
	Inertial resistance	2.17e^+3
	Porous medium thickness (m)	0.05
Experimental setup	Cylindrical diameter (mm)	100
	Packing height (mm)	480
	Single point source inlet diameter (mm)	3
	Porosity	0.408/0.431
	Liquid flow rate (ml/min)	100–1100