Fluidized Bed Reactor | Manufacturer and Suppliers

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A fluidized bed reactor is a type of reactor or device which is used for carrying out a different type of multiphase chemical reactions. In this process to suspend the solid, a gas or liquid passes through a solid gritty material at higher velocities.

This process is used for solids to behave as, it was a fluid. The name of this process is fluidization, which introduce us with the so many important advantages to the FBR, because of these advantages now it is used in a wide range of industrial applications.

Applications of fluidized bed reactors:

Applications for Fluidized Bed Reactors are divided into three parts which are:

• Petroleum Applications
• Petrochemical Applications
• Other Applications

Petroleum Applications:

The below provided products are either used as fuels or are used in the development of fuels:

• Aviation Fuel
• Butane
• Butylene
• Cracked Naphtha
• Diesel Feedstock
• Fuel Oils from Polyethylene
• Gasoline from Methanol
• Gasoline
• Isobutene
• Jet Fuel Feedstock
• Propane
• Propylene

Petrochemical Applications:

There are numerous other applications of FBR, from Plastics to Rubber.

• Acetone Recovery
• Aniline
• Aniline from Nitrobenzene
• Coal Gasification
• Cracking of Methyl cyclohexane
• Ethanol from Butadiene
• Hydrogen from Steam
• Maleic Anhydride
• Maleic Anhydride from Benzene and Butylene
• Styrene from Hydrocarbons
• Vinyl Chloride
• Vulcanization of Rubber
• Polyethylene

Other Applications:

The other applications of FBR technology are:

• Fertilizers from Coal
• Industrial and Municipal Waste Treatment
• Oil Decontamination of Sand
• Radioactive Waste Solidification

Advantages of FBR:

• Ability to Operate Reactor in Continuous State
• Allows for continuous, automatically controlled operations.
• Catalyst is easily replaced or regenerated.
• Even temperature distribution eliminates hot spots.
• More efficient contacting of gas and solid than in other catalytic reactors.
• Uniform Particle Mixing
• Uniform Temperature Gradients

Disadvantages of FBR:

• Attrition, break-up of catalyst pellets due to impact against reactor walls, can occur.
• Can't be used with catalyst solids that won't flow freely.
• Catalyst may be deactivated.
• Erosion of Internal Components
• Erosion of reactor walls may occur.
• Expensive to construct and maintain.
• Increased Reactor Vessel Size
• Lack of Current Understanding
• Large pressure drop.
• Particle Entrainment
• Pressure Loss Scenarios
• Pumping Requirements and Pressure Drop
• Regeneration equipment for catalyst is expensive.

Manufacturer and Supplier of Fluidized Bed Reactor:

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