Performance of stress-transport models in the prediction of particle-to-fluid heat transfer in packed beds

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 6897-6907

  Coussirat, M ^a   Guardo, A ^a   Mateos, B ^a   Egusquiza, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Heat transfer; Hydrodynamics; Packed bed; Reynolds stress models; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE DROP; STRESSES; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

ENERGY EQUATIONS; MEAN VELOCITY; REYNOLDS STRESS MODELS; TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

NUSSELT NUMBER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE DROP; STRESSES; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 35348978692     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.08.071     Document Type: Article

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