An appraisal of the heat transfer properties of metallic open-cell foams for strongly exo-/endo-thermic catalytic processes in tubular reactors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 198-199, Issue , 2012, Pages 512-528

  Bianchi, Enrico ^a,b   Heidig, Tobias ^b   Visconti, Carlo Giorgio ^a   Groppi, Gianpiero ^a   Freund, Hannsjörg ^b   Tronconi, Enrico ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catalyst support; Effective radial conductivity; Heat transfer; Metallic foams; Process intensification; Sponges

Indexed keywords

3D MESHES; AL FOAMS; CATALYST CARRIER; CATALYTIC PROCESS; CELLULAR MATERIAL; COOLING FLOWS; DOMINANT CONTRIBUTIONS; FABRICATION MATERIALS; FECRALY; FOAM CELLS; GEOMETRICAL MEASUREMENT; HEAT DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER DATA; HEAT TRANSFER PROPERTIES; METALLIC FOAM; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPEN-CELL FOAMS; OPERATING CONDITION; PACKED BED REACTOR; PORE DENSITIES; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; RADIAL THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; RADIATIVE HEAT EXCHANGE; SOLID MATRIXES; SPONGES; STEADY-STATE TEMPERATURE; TRANSFER PARAMETERS; TUBULAR REACTORS; WALL HEAT TRANSFER; X RAY MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALUMINUM; CATALYST SUPPORTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PACKED BEDS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

POROSITY;

EID: 84864321395     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.05.045     Document Type: Article

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