A multi-component two-phase lattice Boltzmann method applied to a 1-D Fischer-Tropsch reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 207-208, Issue , 2012, Pages 587-595

  Kamali, M R ^a   Sundaresan, S ^a,b   Van den Akker, H E A ^a   Gillissen, J J J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fischer Tropsch; Lattice Boltzmann; Multi component two phase; Phase change; Surface reaction

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC SURFACES; FISCHER TROPSCH; FISCHER-TROPSCH REACTORS; GAS LIQUIDS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LATTICE BOLTZMANN TECHNIQUE; METHOD DEVELOPMENT; MULTICOMPONENTS; PHASE CHANGE; SPECIES TRANSPORT;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; LIQUID FILMS; PHASE INTERFACES; SURFACE REACTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84866870422     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.07.019     Document Type: Article

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