Direct numerical simulation of an exothermic gas-phase reaction in a packed bed with random particle distribution

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 100, Issue , 2013, Pages 259-265

  Mousazadeh, F ^a   van Den Akker, H E A ^a   Mudde, Robert F ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemical reactors; Computational fluid dynamics; Gas phase exothermic reaction; Multiphase reactors; Packed bed; Radial convection

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ETHYLENE; LAMINAR FLOW; OXYGEN; PHASE INTERFACES; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

CYLINDRICAL PARTICLES; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; GAS-PHASE REACTIONS; GASPHASE; LAMINAR FLOW CONDITIONS; MULTI-PHASE REACTOR; RADIAL CONVECTION; RANDOM DISTRIBUTION;

PACKED BEDS;

EID: 84880510962     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.02.019     Document Type: Article

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