Modeling heat transfer in packed beds, important for process optimization and safety control, has been done for conduction with both the effective thermal conductivity method from literature and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). This project adds radiation heat transfer to both approaches. CFD simulations and literature equations were compared varying the model for radiation, mitigating the near wall effect, and varying the effective thermal conductivity model. It was found that one combination of literature methods accurately matches the results of the CFD simulations, indicating that the effective thermal conductivity model, controlling for the near wall effect, and using the Damköhler radiation model accurately predicts heat transfer behavior in packed beds.

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Creator

• Caso, Nathan M.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042717-084011

Advisor

• Dixon, Anthony G.

Year

• 2017

Date created

• 2017-04-27

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Chemical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright