Boundary element method in modelling of momentum transport and liquid-to-wall mass transfer in a packed-bed reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 455-460

  Lesage, F ^a   Latifi, M A ^a   Midoux, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Liquid to wall mass transfer; Momentum transport; Packed bed reactor

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PACKED BEDS;

SCHMIDT NUMBERS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; MASS TRANSFER; PACKED BED;

EID: 0345072556     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00339-5     Document Type: Article

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