Re-evaluation of the Nusselt number for determining the interfacial heat and mass transfer coefficients in a flow-through monolithic catalytic converter

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3152-3159

  Wang, Tae Joong ^a   Wook Baek, Seung ^a   Jin Kim, Sung ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Catalytic converter; Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Numerical analysis; Nusselt number; Porous media

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS;

CATALYTIC CONVERTER; SHERWOOD NUMBERS;

MASS TRANSFER;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 43849110132     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.03.027     Document Type: Article

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