A hybrid method of turbulent flow modelling in packings of complex geometry

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2670-2681

  Tobiś, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

CFD modelling; Multi scale systems; Packed beds; Pressure drop corelations; Turbulent flow modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE DROP;

CFD MODELING; MULTI-SCALE SYSTEMS; PRESSURE DROP CORELATIONS; TURBULENT FLOW MODELING;

TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE DROP; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 42749095245     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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