Integration of CFD and condensation polymerization chemistry for a commercial multi-jet tubular reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 22-23, 2004, Pages 5177-5184

  Kolhapure, Nitin H ^a   Tilton, James N ^a   Pereira, Carmo J ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Mixing sensitive chemistry; Modeling; Polymerization; Reactor design; Turbulent mixing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EDDY CURRENT TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOULING; TURBULENCE; VISUALIZATION;

EDDY DISSIPATION FORMULATION; MULTI-JET TUBULAR CONDENSATION;

POLYMERIZATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONDENSATION; JET FLOW; POLYMERIZATION; TUBULAR REACTOR;

EID: 10044257713     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.09.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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