Influence of the turbulence model in CFD modeling of wall-to-fluid heat transfer in packed beds

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1733-1742

  Guardo, A ^a   Coussirat, M ^a   Larrayoz, M A ^a   Recasens, F ^a   Egusquiza, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Fluid mechanics; Heat transfer; Hydrodynamics; Packed bed; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

FIXED-BED REACTORS; PRESSURE DROPS; TRANSPORT EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

PACKED BEDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; MODELING; PACKED BED; TURBULENCE;

EID: 13444268940     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.10.034     Document Type: Article

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