CFD flow and heat transfer in nonregular packings for fixed bed equipment design

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 7049-7056

  Guardo, Alfredo ^a   Coussirat, Miguel ^a   Larrayoz, M Angels ^a   Recasens, Francesc ^a   Egusquiza, Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKING; PRESSURE DROP; TURBULENT FLOW;

CYLINDRICAL CONTAINERS; GEOMETRICAL MODELS; STACKING; THERMAL FLUCTUATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; FIXED BED; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 6344228369     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie034229+     Document Type: Article

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