Use of computational fluid dynamics simulations for design of a pretreatment screw conveyor reactor

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part A Enzyme Engineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 935-945

  Berson, R Eric ^a   Hanley, Thomas R ^b  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Computational fluid dynamics simulations; Plug flow; Porous media model; Pretreatment reactor; Screw conveyor reactor

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; PRESSURE DROP; CONVEYORS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; POROUS MATERIALS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW OF ACID; MODIFIED DESIGNS; PRETREATMENT; SCREW CONVEYOR REACTOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CROSS FLOWS; DOWNWARD FLOW; PERFORMANCE; PLUG FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM MODEL; PRE-TREATMENTS; PRETREATMENT REACTOR;

SCREW CONVEYORS; SCREWS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYNAMICS; FLUID TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROCESS DESIGN; REACTOR; SIMULATION;

EID: 18844372782     PISSN: 02732289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59259-991-2_80     Document Type: Conference Paper

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