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Subhasish Mitra
M.Tech Scholar
Department of Chemical Engineering
IIT Kanpur
Computational Fluid Dynamics:
A reliable tool when modeling and
simulating flow and heat transfer
phenomena for designing process
equipment without performing an
actual experiment.
1. Trambouze, P., 1996. CFD applied to process engineering. Revue de l'Institut Français du
Pétrole 51 2, pp. 199–203
2. Kuipers, J.A.M. and van Swaaij, W.P.M., 1997. Application of computational fluid dynamics to
chemical reaction engineering. Review in Chemical Engineering 13 3, pp.1–118
Brief Background:
Multi-bed down-flow catalytic reactors are used in
petroleum & petrochemical industries for hydrotreating,
hydrodesulfurisation, hydrofinishing and hydrocarcking
purposes.
Face
Steady state transport equation
of scalar quantity Ф:
Mesh:
Rectangular grid. Nozzle geometry is decomposed into three distinct
fluid zones i.e. gas, liquid and mixture to track each zone distinctly.
Standard k-ε turbulence model:
(Launder and Spalding, 1972) [4]