Rational design of heating elements using CFD: Application to a bench-scale adiabatic reactor

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2326-2333

  Marín, Pablo ^a   Ordóñez, Salvador ^a   Díez, Fernando V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

CFD; Heat losses compensation; Lab scale testing; Un steady state

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC OPERATIONS; ADIABATIC REACTORS; AIR CIRCULATION; AIR FLOW; AIR FLOW-RATE; CONTROL LOOP; ELECTRICAL HEATING; FAST DYNAMIC RESPONSE; LAB-SCALE TESTING; MONOLITHIC CATALYSTS; OPTIMAL CONFIGURATIONS; RATIONAL DESIGN; REACTOR WALLS; SPATIAL CONFIGURATION; TEMPERATURE MAPS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; UN-STEADY STATE;

AIR; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTRIC HEATING ELEMENTS; HEATING; OVENS; STOVES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 80052625705     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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