Experimentelle Untersuchung und Modellierung des Wärmetransports in katalytischen Schwammpackungen unter polytropen Reaktionsbedingungen

This work aimed at the characterisation of heat transport in catalytic sponge packings of different materials and structural characteristics in terms of effective 2-phase thermal conductivities. These magnitudes enable the objective ranking of catalyst supports and are essential for reactor design. The hydrogenation of benzene was run in a tubular cooled-wall reactor under polytropic conditions. 2D reactor simulations were used for the quantitative assessment and as a predictive tool.