The use of a porous medium method for modeling fixed-bed reactors with a low tube-to-particle diameter ratio

Computer simulation in the chemical technology and engineering

3rd International Scientific Conference «Chemical Technology and Engineering»: Proceedings – June 21–24th, 2021, Lviv, Ukraine – Lviv: Lviv Polytechnic National University, 2021, pp. 29–31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23939/cte2021.01.029

Authors

First and Last Name	Academic degree	E-mail	Affiliation
Tymoteusz Świeboda	No	tymoteusz.swieboda [at] pwr.edu.pl	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology Wroclaw, Poland
Renata Krzyżyńska	Sc.D.	renata.krzyzynska [at] pwr.edu.pl	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology Wroclaw, Poland
Anna Bryszewska-Mazurek	Ph.D.	anna.bryszewska-mazurek [at] pwr.edu.pl	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology Wroclaw, Poland
Wojciech Mazurek	Ph.D.	wojciech.mazurek [at] pwr.edu.pl	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology Wroclaw, Poland

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Abstract

The paper presents a method of modeling fixed-bed reactors based on the porous medium with an anisotropic thermal conductivity coefficient. The calculation results of the pressure drop and heat transfer of the simplified models were compared to the reference models results. As a comparative criterion, it was proposed to use area-weighted average pressure and mass-weighted average temperature.

Keywords

fixed-bed reactor porous media anisotropic thermal conductivity coefficient

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