Choice Of Co-Current Vs Countercurrent PBR Reactor Jacket 2

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My notion was that we should use counter current in the jacket because of efficiency but my friend said



"The co-current system is often used in industry for example, protection of acid corrosion economizer, temperature cross-over, etc."



In our case the case of this PBR, the inlet temperature is 150C, but the MP steam temperature is higher than 150C(MP is normally 10~25bar), so is counter current is not possible?



Does anyone has any reference or code for this?

 

[Latexman]

PBR?

Good Luck,
Latexman

 

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Sorrry Packed bed

 

[Compositepro]

Is your reaction exothermic or endothermic?

 

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Highly Exothermic. Partial Oxydation.

 

[Compositepro]

It depends on reaction kinetics and what you are going to do with the heat.

It seems strange to use medium pressure steam to cool a reactor. Perhaps you mean condensate?

Will the reaction run out-of control if it gets too hot. Still too many unknowns to answer your question.

 

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Thank you for your reply.

Yes, runaway reaction occurs if the reaction is not controlled by a large amount of inert.