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Abstract
Ethylene is a vital petrochemical compound produced in vast amounts yearly by manufacturers that have enough scale to overcome the inherent thermodynamic inefficiencies of the process. In order to address the inefficiencies that prevent smaller scale or intermittent production ethylene, investigation of new production methods are required. In this work, we investigate the use of a radio frequency (RF) based reactor system that generates heat internally as opposed to applying heat externally via steam or direct combustion of fossil fuels. In order to guide the design of an electromagnetic based reactor system, we have created a macroscale model capable of capturing heat generation at the susceptors from a produced electromagnetic field and subsequent chemical reactions. Several susceptor and induction coil designs were investigated to better understand the performance of the system.
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Publication Info
Published in Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Volume 219, 2025, pages 511-521.
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© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Institution of Chemical Engineers. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
APA Citation
Teel, H., Craps, M., Mercado, H.-C., Ciesielski, P., & Shimpalee, S. (2025). Numerical simulation for the design of induction heating based radio frequency reactor for ethylene production. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 219, 511–521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2025.06.032