CFD study of an evaporative trickle bed reactor: Mal-distribution and thermal runaway induced by feed disturbances

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 257-268

  Strasser, Wayne ^a  

^a EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Multiphase reactors; Numerical analysis; Porous media; Reaction engineering; Transport processes

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; RECYCLING;

CATALYST PARTICLES; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; MULTI-PHASE REACTOR; REACTION ENGINEERING; SHELL TEMPERATURES; STEADY STATE AND TRANSIENTS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 77958495099     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.04.049     Document Type: Article

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