Three-dimensional numerical simulation of pressure drop and liquid holdup for high-pressure trickle-bed reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 112-120

  Lopes, Rodrigo J G ^a   Quinta Ferreira, Rosa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Euler Euler; Hydrodynamics; Multiphase flow; Trickle bed reactor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROPS; DYNAMICS; EULER EQUATIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PACKED BEDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE DROP; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3D REPRESENTATION; CATALYTIC BEDS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; EULER-EULER; EULER-EULER MODEL; EULERIAN; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW REGIMES; GRID OPTIMIZATION; GRID-INDEPENDENT; HIGH PRESSURE; HYDRODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; INTERPHASE COUPLING; LIQUID FLOW RATES; LIQUID HOLD UPS; MESH SIZES; MOMENTUM EQUATIONS; MULTIPHASE MODELING; SOLID PHASES; SPHERICAL PARTICLES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; TRANSPORT PHENOMENON; TRICKLE-BED REACTOR; VOLUME AVERAGING;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 53849128499     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.07.053     Document Type: Article

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