The past, present and future of CFD-based modeling for catalytic reactors
Learn how CFD modeling is transforming understanding of catalytic packed beds and future research trends
Catalytic packed beds are a chemical and process industry workhorse that enables large-scale chemical production. While catalytic packed beds are robust and long-lasting, they're complex to design. It’s also challenging to understand their behavior, and they're difficult to operate in a controlled manner.
In this webinar, two distinguished chemical and process industry experts will present an overview of the past, present and future of the particle-resolved computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach towards modeling catalytic reactors.
Register for the webinar to discover:
- Key insights and behavioral understandings of catalytic packed beds from the last two decades of modeling research
- How using a CFD-based approach helps accurately model catalytic packed beds from a small tube through particle diameter ratios
- Critical challenges that need to be overcome, including representative bed structure, high-quality computational mesh generation and use of CFD data to interpret reaction behavior and improve current processes
- Future catalytic packed bed research needs, including multi-scale modeling and the application of this approach towards process intensification
Meet the speakers
Dr. Gregor Wehinger
Professor and Head of the Institute of Chemical Process Engineering
Dr. Gregor Wehinger is a distinguished expert in chemical and process engineering, currently serving as Professor and Head of the Institute of Chemical Process Engineering at Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany. With a Ph.D. from Technische Universität Berlin, Dr. Wehinger's pioneering research focuses on catalytic reactor modeling, process intensification, and the electrification of catalytic reactor technology. His expertise spans modeling, experimentation, and reactor design, enabling a fundamental understanding of complex chemical systems.
Dr. Ravindra Aglave
Director- Energy & Process industries
Dr. Ravindra Aglave is the Director for Energy and Process Industries in the Simulation and Test (STS) subsegment of Siemens PLM Software. In this role, he is responsible for bringing new modeling and physics knowledge into CFD simulation code that can be deployed in the industry.