Numerical simulations of single phase reacting flows in randomly packed fixed-bed reactors and experimental validation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3-6, 2003, Pages 903-910

  Freund, Hannsjörg ^a   Zeiser, Thomas ^a   Huber, Florian ^a   Klemm, Elias ^a   Brenner, Gunther ^a   Durst, Franz ^a   Emig, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Lattice Boltzmann methods; Monte Carlo packing generation; Packed bed; Porosity profile; Voidage

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

FIXED-BED REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

FIXED BED; FLUID FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PACKED BED; REACTION; REACTOR;

EID: 0037294320     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00622-X     Document Type: Article

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