CFD simulation of reactive flows: Catalytic combustion in a monolith

AIChE Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2921-2935

  Canu, P ^a   Vecchi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; IGNITION; REACTION KINETICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER;

SEGMENTED MONOLITHS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

WATER;

COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERN; KINETICS; TESTING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; KINETICS; MODEL; PARAMETRIC TEST; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036883251     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690481219     Document Type: Article

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