Pore-scale simulations of unsteady flow and heat transfer in tubular fixed beds

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 849-867

  Magnico, P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Fixed bed; Flow maldistribution; Heat transfer; Unsteady flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; UNSTEADY FLOW;

FIXED BED; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW MALDISTRIBUTION; HOMOGENEOUS MODELS; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PORE-SCALE SIMULATION; RADIAL HETEROGENEITY; VELOCITY AND TEMPERATURE FIELDS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 65149098681     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11806     Document Type: Article

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