Modeling and CFD simulation of flow behavior and dispersivity through randomly packed bed reactors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 476-482

  Jafari, A ^a   Zamankhan, P ^a   Mousavi, S M ^a   Pietarinen, K ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Dispersivity; Flow behavior; Modeling; Randomly packed bed reactors

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; DYNAMICS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MIXED CONVECTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; PETROLEUM REFINING; POLYDISPERSITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CFD SIMULATION; DISPERSIVITY; FLOW BEHAVIOR; MODELING; RANDOMLY PACKED BED REACTORS;

PACKED BEDS;

EID: 53249155895     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.07.033     Document Type: Article

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