Numerical simulation of trickle-bed reactor hydrodynamics with RANS-based models using a volume of fluid technique

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1740-1748

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDER REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTRIC NETWORK PARAMETERS; FLOW RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; PACKED BEDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENT FLOW;

CATALYST UTILIZATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC MODELS; CONVENTIONAL MODELING; CONVERGENCE CRITERION; DESIGN ISSUES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FLOW PROCESS; GAS-FLOW RATES; HYDRODYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; HYDRODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; LIQUID DISTRIBUTIONS; LIQUID FLOW RATES; LIQUID HOLD-UP; MESH DENSITIES; MODEL PREDICTIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; PACKED BED; PARAMETRIC OPTIMIZATIONS; TIME STEPS; TRICKLE-BED REACTORS; TRICKLING FLOW CONDITIONS; TURBULENT FLOW MODELS; TWO-PHASE PRESSURE DROPS; VOF MODELS; VOLUME OF FLUID MODELS; VOLUME OF FLUID TECHNIQUES;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 61849093108     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie8014186     Document Type: Article

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