Computer modelling and numerical analysis of hydrodynamics and heat transfer in non-porous catalytic reactor for the decomposition of ammonia

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 5862-5877

  Waghode, A N ^a   Hanspal, N S ^a   Shigidi, I M T A ^a   Nassehi, V ^a   Hellgardt, K ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia decomposition; Catalytic microreactor; Finite element modelling; Heat transfer; Hydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DECOMPOSITION; DIFFUSION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUEL CELLS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MASS TRANSFER; OSCILLATIONS; REACTION KINETICS; VECTORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FLOW EQUATIONS; MICROREACTOR SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE STEADY STATES; VELOCITY VECTORS;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 22244434182     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.05.019     Document Type: Article

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