Numerical modelling of a supercritical water oxidation reactor containing a hydrothermal flame

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-155

  Narayanan, C ^a   Frouzakis, C ^a   Boulouchos, K ^a   Prikopsky K ^a   Wellig, B ^a   Rudolf von Rohr, P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CFD; Hydrothermal flame; Hydrothermal oxidation; Salt precipitation; Supercritical water oxidation (SCWO); Transpiring wall reactor

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; FLAME SPRAYING; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANOL; MIXING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WASTE INCINERATION;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD); ELSEVIER (CO); EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLAME PROPERTIES; INTERNAL HEAT SOURCES; MASS FRACTIONS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OPERATING CONDITIONS; SUPER-CRITICAL; SUPERCRITICAL WATER OXIDATION (SCWO);

FLAMMABILITY;

EID: 47949088225     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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