CFD studies on particle-to-fluid mass and heat transfer in packed beds: Free convection effects in supercritical fluids

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 18-20, 2007, Pages 5503-5511

  Guardo, A ^a   Coussirat, M ^a   Recasens, F ^a   Larrayoz, M A ^a   Escaler, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Fluid mechanics; Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Packed bed; Supercritical fluids

Indexed keywords

TIME DEMANDING;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; MASS TRANSFER; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PACKED BEDS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PACKED BEDS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

EID: 34547944731     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.02.040     Document Type: Article

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