A numerical study of the interactions between viscous flow, transport and kinetics in fixed bed reactors

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 333-357

  Jakobsen, Hugo A ^a   Lindborg, Håvard ^a   Handeland, Vemund ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Fixed bed reactors; Viscous flow

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOUS FLOW;

FIXED BED REACTORS; REACTIVE FLOWS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FIXED BED; KINETICS; REACTOR; VISCOUS FLOW;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENTHALPY; FIXED BED REACTOR; GAS; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRESSURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0037085641     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-1354(01)00758-X     Document Type: Article

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