Two-dimensional model of methane thermal decomposition reactors with radiative heat transfer and carbon particle growth

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2545-2556

  Caliot, Cyril ^a   Flamant, Gilles ^a   Patrianakos, Giorgos ^b   Kostoglou, Margaritis ^c   Konstandopoulos, Athanasios G ^c  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b Centre for Research Technology Hellas   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Nucleation; Particulate flows

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION DIFFUSION EQUATION; CARBON PARTICLE; LAMINAR FLOW REACTORS; LOCAL PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PARTICULATE FLOWS; POLYDISPERSES; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATIVE HEAT; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATIONS; SECTIONAL METHODS; SPECIES TRANSPORT; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

CARBON; COAGULATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; METHANE; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

COUPLED CIRCUITS;

EID: 84863567746     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12767     Document Type: Article

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