CFD method to couple three-dimensional transport and reaction inside catalyst particles to the fixed bed flow field

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 9012-9025

  Dixon, Anthony G ^a   Taskin, M Ertan ^a,c   Nijemeisland, Michiel ^b   Stitt, E Hugh ^b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b JOHNSON MATTHEY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST PARTICLES; CATALYTIC REACTIONS; CFD METHOD; CONVECTIVE FLUX; EXACT RESULTS; FIXED BED; FLUID FLOW; FLUID INTERFACE; METHANE STEAM REFORMING; SIMULATION RESULT; SLIP SURFACES; SOLID PARTICLES; SPECIES PROFILE; SPECIES TRANSPORT; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; STANDARD CORRELATION; TUBE INLETS; USER DEFINED FUNCTIONS;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; METHANE; STEAM ENGINEERING;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 77957586817     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100298q     Document Type: Article

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