CFD study of heat transfer near and at the wall of a fixed bed reactor tube: Effect of wall conduction

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6342-6353

  Dixon, Anthony G ^a   Nijemeisland, Michiel ^b   Stitt, E Hugh ^b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b JOHNSON MATTHEY CATALYSTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIXED BED REACTORS; STEAM REFORMING; TEMPERATURE FIELDS; WALL CONDUCTION;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER; STEAM; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

FIXED BED;

EID: 23944496580     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049183e     Document Type: Article

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