Experimental and modeling aspects of heat transfer in packed beds

Transport Phenomena in Particulate Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 16-36

  Thoméo, João Cláudio ^a   Freire, José Teixeira ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Entrance effects; Mixture theory; Porosity; Pseudo homogeneous model; Temperature profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884428776     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2174/978160805227111201010016     Document Type: Chapter

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