Abstract Design and scale-up of fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) riser is still largely empirical,
owing to limited understanding of inherent multiphase flow in this equipment. The …

This paper focuses on the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process and reviews recent
developments in its modeling, monitoring, control, and optimization. This challenging …

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is increasingly used in the oil and gas industry. The
present article aims to show how CFD can be used at all steps of the development of a new …

Scale-up of fluidized bed reactors has long been regarded as a big challenge in chemical
reaction engineering. While traditional scaling theories are mostly based on hydrodynamics …

The present study describes the capabilities of an open source integrated framework for the
dynamic simulation and control of a refining operation, comprising a fluidized bed catalytic …

This numerical study explores techniques for optimizing fluidization in circulating fluidized
beds (CFB), which are of significant industrial interest. Various intrusive and non-intrusive …

Understanding gas–solid hydrodynamics, heat and mass transfer, and multiphase reactions
is of great importance to the design of a large-scale fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) riser …

A comprehensive three-dimensional (3-D) heterogeneous reactor model was applied to
simulate the turbulent gas–solid flow and reaction in a polydisperse fluid catalytic cracking …

The present paper investigates the collisions between heavy gasoil droplets and solid
catalytic particles taking place at conditions realized in Fluid Catalytic Cracking reactors …

A comprehensive three-dimensional (3D) heterogeneous reactor model based on the
Eulerian–Eulerian approach was applied to simulate the turbulent gas–solid flow and …