Hydrodynamic and transport properties of packed beds in small tube-to-sphere diameter ratio: Pore scale simulation using an Eulerian and a Lagrangian approach

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 5005-5024

  Magnico, P ^a  

^a CPE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Computation fluid dynamics; Flow maldistribution; Mass transfer; Packed beds

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

RADIAL HETEROGENEITIES;

PACKED BEDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EULERIAN-LAGRANGIAN ALGORITHM; FIXED BED; FLUID FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; PACKED BED; REACTOR;

EID: 0242498513     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(03)00282-3     Document Type: Article

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