Finite element method simulations of heat flow in fixed bed solar water splitting redox reactors

Solution of Noncatalytic Packed Bed Reactors Equations by Finite Element Method

Finite Element Method for Designing Plasma Reactors

The finite element method has proven to be versatile in the analysis of various electromagnetic phenomena. In this paper, we investigate the utility of the finite element method for guiding the design of plasma reactors. These reactors are used for processing integrated circuit substrates. The design of such reactors is based on the complex interactions between the electromagnetic fields and a ...

Numerical simulations of flow and heat transfer by finite element method

In this paper, numerical simulations of coupling phenomena including flow of thermal fluid and heat transfer in solid are performed. To simulate the coupling phenomena, the flow and the heat transfer in solid are computed simultaneously by the solving of the same governing equations in which the flow velocity in the solid region is set to zero. As examples of numerical simulation, the phenomena...

Particle suspension reactors and materials for solar-driven water splitting

Reactors based on particle suspensions for the capture, conversion, storage, and use of solar energy as H 2 are projected to be cost-competitive with fossil fuels. In light of this, this review paper summarizes state-of-the-art particle light absorbers and cocatalysts as suspensions (photocatalysts) that demonstrate visible-light-driven water splitting on the laboratory scale. Also presented ar...

Study on Cross-flow Heat Transfer in Fixed Bed

Radial flow reactor was focused for large scale methanol synthesis and in which the heat transfer type was cross-flow. The effects of operating conditions including the reactor inlet air temperature, the heating pipe temperature and the air flow rate on the cross-flow heat transfer was investigated and the results showed that the temperature profile of the area in front of the heating pipe was ...