CFD simulations of wall mass transfer for Taylor flow in circular capillaries

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1117-1126

  Van Baten, J M ^a   Krishna, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capillary; CFD; Film; Mass transfer; Monolith reactors: Wall; Taylor bubbles

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MASS TRANSFER; VELOCITY;

CHANNEL WALLS; GAS HOLDUP; LIQUID PHASES; TAYLOR FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FILM; MASS TRANSFER; MONOLITH REACTOR;

EID: 10644260446     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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