Coupled simulation of an industrial naphtha cracking furnace equipped with long-flame and radiation burners

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-34

  Hu, Guihua ^a   Wang, Honggang ^a   Qian, Feng ^a   Van Geem, Kevin M ^b   Schietekat, Carl M ^b   Marin, Guy B ^b  

^a School of Information Science and Engineering   (China)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Cracking furnace; Product yields; Reactor furnace simulation; Recirculation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID; COUPLED REACTORS; COUPLED SIMULATION; CRACKING FURNACE; CRACKING PROCESS; PRODUCT YIELDS; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; REACTOR TUBES; REACTOR/FURNACE SIMULATION; RECIRCULATION ZONES; RECIRCULATIONS; VELOCITY PROFILES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUE GASES; HEAT FLUX; NAPHTHAS;

FURNACES;

EID: 84857441801     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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