CFD Modeling and Simulation of a Catalytic Micro-Monolith

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Di Benedetto, Almerinda ^a   Di Sarli, Valeria ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

catalytic micro monolith; CFD; multi channel configuration

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTORS; MASS TRANSFER;

CATALYTIC MICRO-MONOLITH; CHANNEL CONFIGURATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DYNAMIC MODEL AND SIMULATION; MASS-FLOW RATE; MODELING AND SIMULATING; MULTI CHANNEL; MULTI-CHANNEL CONFIGURATION; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 79952308601     PISSN: 21945748     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1542-6580.2526     Document Type: Article

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