CFD of multiphase flow in packed-bed reactors: II. Results and applications

AIChE Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 716-730

  Jiang, Y ^a,b   Khadilkar, M R ^a,c   Al Dahhan, M H ^a   Dudukovic, M P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^c GE Plastics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; POROSITY;

POROSITY DISTRIBUTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PACKED BED; REACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PACKED BED REACTOR; POROSITY; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0036557101     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690480407     Document Type: Article

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