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. 2020 May 29;5(22):12923–12936. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.0c00683

Table 3. Mass-Transfer Coefficients for Pilot Plant-Scale TBR.

pressure (MPa) 14
reaction temperature (K) 648
LHSV (h–1) 0.3
H2/oil ratio (L/L) 2000
catalytic bed length (cm) 50
reactor diameter (cm) 2.9
liquid mass velocity (GL, g/cm2·s) 3 × 10–2
superficial liquid velocity (uL, cm/s) 4 × 10–3
superficial gas velocity (ug, cm/s) 8
diffusivity of S compounds (DSl, cm2/s) 3.8 × 10–4
diffusivity of H2 (DH2l, cm2/s) 3.21 × 10–4
diffusivity of H2S (DH2Sl, cm2/s) 2.66 × 10–4
gas–liquid mass transfer for H2 (kH2lal, s–1) 1.43 × 10–2
gas–liquid mass transfer for H2S (kH2lal, s–1) 1.3 × 10–2
liquid–solid mass transfer for S (kSSaS, s–1) 1.9 × 10–2
liquid–solid mass transfer for H2 (kH2SaS, s–1 1.69 × 10–2
liquid–solid mass transfer for H2S (kH2SSaS, s–1) 1.49 × 10–2