ABSTRACT
The most catalytic or noncatalytic processes involving reactions in multiphase systems. Such processes include heat and mass transfer and other diffusion phenomena. The applications of these processes are diverse and its reactors have their own characteristics, which depends on the type of process. For example, the hydrogenation of vegetable oils is conducted in a liquid phase slurry bed reactor, where the catalyst is in suspension, the flow of gaseous hydrogen keeps the particles in suspension. This type of reaction occurs in the gas-liquid-solid interface.
