CFD modeling of mass transfer in annular reactors

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 23-24, 2009, Pages 5390-5401

  Esteban Duran, J ^a   Taghipour, Fariborz ^a   Mohseni, Madjid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annular reactor; CFD; Low Reynolds number k model; Mass transfer; Modeling; Turbulence model

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR REACTOR; ANNULAR REACTORS; CFD; CFD MODELING; ENTRANCE REGION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; LAMINAR MODEL; LAMINAR REGIME; LOW-REYNOLDS NUMBER TURBULENCE MODEL; MASS TRANSFER RATE; MODELING; REYNOLDS STRESS; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

EID: 69949103834     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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