A mathematical model of an isothermal, flue gas desulfurization copper oxide moving-bed reactor

摘要

An analytical model of an isothermal flue gas desulfurization moving-bed reactor has been developed. The governing equations can be applied to any moving bed reactor system with pseudo-first order gas phase kinetics. The avarage concentrations of SO_2 in the effluent gas and CuO in the exiting sorbent are provided by explicit equations. The performance of the moving bed reactor can be predicted with these two simple expressions, thereby eliminating the need for numerical simulators that model the reactor as an array of interconnected microeactors.