Computational fluid dynamic simulation of ethylene hydrogenation in a fluidised bed of porous catalyst particles

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 544-557

  Yusuf, Rahel ^a   Halvorsen, Britt ^a   Melaaen, Morten Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b Telemark Technological R and D Centre (TEL TEK)   (Norway)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Fluid mechanics; Fluidisation; Kinetics and mechanisms of reactions; Modelling; Multiphase systems; Simulation

Indexed keywords

FLUIDISATION; KINETICS AND MECHANISM; MODELLING; MULTI PHASE SYSTEMS; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHYLENE; FLOW FIELDS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDROGEN;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84859642326     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20579     Document Type: Article

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