CFD study of fluid flow and heat transfer in a fixed bed of cylinders

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-218

  Taskin, M Ertan ^a   Dixon, Anthony G ^a   Stitt, E Hugh ^b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b JOHNSON MATTHEY CATALYSTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CYLINDRICAL PACKING; FIXED BEDS; RADIAL VELOCITY; WALL SEGMENT;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 34547258136     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780601149896     Document Type: Article

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