Comprehensive CFD simulation of product yields and coking rates for a floor-and wall-fired naphtha cracking furnace

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 13672-13685

  Hu, Guihua ^a   Wang, Honggang ^a   Qian, Feng ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Li, Jinlong ^a   Van Geem, Kevin M ^b   Marin, Guy B ^b  

^a School of Information Science and Engineering   (China)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATIONS; CRACKING FURNACE; CRACKING REACTIONS; FRONT WALLS; GAS VELOCITY; HEAT SUPPLY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT; MOLECULAR KINETICS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PROCESS GAS; PRODUCT YIELDS; RATE PROFILES; RECIRCULATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOORS; FLUE GASES; NAPHTHAS;

FURNACES;

EID: 83655190635     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie2012642     Document Type: Article

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