Multiphysics CFD modelling for design and simulation of a multiphase chemical reactor

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 6 A, 2005, Pages 603-610

  Gerogiorgis, D I ^a,b   Ydstie, B E ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Carbothermic reduction; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Design; Modelling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) MODELING; GUIDELINES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS; MULTIPHASE CHEMICAL REACTOR;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

CHEMICAL REACTOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 22744432803     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd.04364     Document Type: Article

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