Computational Fluid Dynamics for FCC : Opportunities and Challenges

An overview of current status of CFD usages in FCC problems will be presented to provide an assessment of where CFD may, or may not, be a helpful tool for developing the needed understanding for design and analysis of FCC units. The conclusion is that there is substantial hope that CFD could be very useful in this application but there are still multiple challenges in CFD to effectively and efficiently capture granular multiphase flow dynamics and kinetics involved in FCC.