Heat transfer effect on operation and performance of auto cyclic catalytic reactor

Abstract

Modeling of auto-cyclic catalytic reactor -- Numerical simulations of heat transfer -- Numerical methods -- ACR 2D model simulation -- Pre-heater 2D model simulation -- Fin performance -- Evaluation of sensitivity of the model to heat transfer parameters -- Influence of different parameters on insulation thickness -- Experiments with ACR pilot unit -- Experimental set-up -- Pre-heater operation -- Adiabatic temperature rise -- Initial ACR performance evaluation -- 1D heterogeneous transient model.

Uncontrolled Keywords

Véhicules -- Convertisseurs catalytiques -- Recherche; Chaleur -- Transmission; Réacteurs à lit fixe