Numerical simulation of transfer and reaction processes in ethylene furnaces

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 85, Issue 12 A, 2007, Pages 1565-1579

  Lan, X ^a   Gao, J ^a   Xu, C ^a   Zhang, H ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b NORTHEAST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Combustion; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Ethylene furnace; Flow; Numerical simulation; Radiative heat transfer; Thermal cracking reaction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHYLENE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TURBULENCE MODELS;

CRACKING REACTION KINETIC MODEL; ETHYLENE FURNACE; THERMAL CRACKING REACTION; TURBULENT DIFFUSION COMBUSTION;

HEATING FURNACES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHYLENE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING FURNACES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TURBULENCE MODELS;

EID: 38549163245     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8762(07)73201-X     Document Type: Article

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