Simulation of chemical reactors using the least-squares spectral element method

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 5146-5159

  Sporleder, Federico ^a   Dorao, Carlos A ^a   Jakobsen, Hugo A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chemical reactors; Dispersion; Least squares; Numerical analysis; Packed bed; Spectral elements

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DISPERSION MODEL; CONDITION NUMBERS; DIFFERENTIABILITY; FIRST-ORDER; HERMITE; LEAST SQUARE; LEAST SQUARES; LEAST-SQUARES FORMULATION; MATRIX; MODEL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OPTIMAL CHOICE; SPECTRAL ELEMENT; SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHOD; SPECTRAL ELEMENTS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHEMICALS; DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMBER THEORY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PACKED BEDS; SYNTHESIS GAS;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS;

EID: 77955418279     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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