PETROLEUM PROCESSING AND PETROCHEMICALS ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (10): 56-62.

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EFFECT OF CARRIER MORPHOLOGY ON BED VOIDAGE AND OPTIMIZATION STRATEGIES

  

  • Received:2025-01-13 Revised:2025-06-16 Online:2025-10-12 Published:2025-10-09

Abstract: This study investigates the effects of the strip diameter, strip length distribution, and morphology of carriers on the void fraction. The results demonstrate that under laboratory measurement conditions, the larger the strip diameter and the longer the average strip length, the higher the void fraction of the carrier. Carriers with different morphologies exhibit varying proportions of the real part, and there is an inverse relationship between the proportion of the real part and the void fraction. The carrier pile ratio is related to both the proportion of the real part and the void fraction. By examining the relationships between morphology and efficiency factors, strength, and void fraction, a conceptual approach for simulating and optimizing carrier morphology has been proposed to achieve the optimal catalyst morphology under specified conditions.

Key words: carrier, morphology, void fraction, optimization