Numerical investigations of catalyst-liquid slurry flow in the photocatalytic reactor for hydrogen production based on algebraic slip model

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 7065-7072

  Xiaowei, Hu ^a   Liejin, Guo ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Algebraic slip mixture model; Hydrogen production; Photocatalytic reactor; Slurry flow; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRAIC SLIP MIXTURE MODEL; CATALYST DISTRIBUTION; CATALYST PARTICLES; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; CROSS SECTION; ENTIRE DOMAIN; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MULTI-GRID; NEW DEVICES; NON-UNIFORM GRIDS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PHASE SLIPS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTORS; PRESSURE FIELD; SLIP MODEL; SLURRY FLOW; SUSPENDING STATE; VERTICAL DIRECTION; WATER SLURRY;

ALGEBRA; CATALYSTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAS PRODUCERS; MIXTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PIPE; PIPE FLOW; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; VELOCITY CONTROL;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 77954823966     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.12.162     Document Type: Conference Paper

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