Simulation of gas exothermic chemical reaction in porous media reactor with lattice Boltzmann method

Fang Xin; Xun Feng Li; Min Xu; Xiu Lan Huai; Jun Cai; Zhi Xiong Guo

doi:10.1007/s11630-013-0590-5

Simulation of gas exothermic chemical reaction in porous media reactor with lattice Boltzmann method

Fang Xin, Xun Feng Li, Min Xu, Xiu Lan Huai, Jun Cai, Zhi Xiong Guo

School of Engineering, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

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Abstract

Exothermic reactor is the main part in a chemical heat pump. It involves complex multi-component exothermal chemical reaction in catalyst-filled porous media. The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is developed to simulate the characteristics of fluid flow, heat and mass transfer coupling chemical reaction in the exothermic reactor of the isopropanol/acetone/hydrogen chemical heat pump system. Fractal theory is used to structure a porous medium model in the reactor. The simulation results show that LBM is suitable for the simulation and the conversion has an optimal value with different inlet velocities.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	42-47
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Thermal Science
Volume	22
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11630-013-0590-5
State	Published - Feb 2013

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Condensed Matter Physics

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Chemical heat pump
Hydrogenation reaction
LBM

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