Some computational aspects in the simulation of hydrodynamics in a trickle-bed reactor

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 847-854

  Souadnia, A ^a   Soltana, F ^a   Lesage, F ^a   Latifi, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Hydrodynamics; Trickle bed reactor; Trickling flow regime

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

MULTIMATERIAL FORMULATIONS; RIEMANN PROBLEMS; TRICKLE BED REACTORS; TRICKLING FLOW CONDITIONS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

EID: 15744392530     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2004.08.009     Document Type: Article

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