Gas-solid fluidized beds have drawn the attention of engineers and researchers as an
effective technology for a large variety of applications, and numerical simulations can play …

This review presents the numerical algorithms and speed‐up strategies developed to couple
continuum macroscopic simulations and detailed microkinetic models in the context of …

Direct production of ethylene from natural gas or other methane sources has proven to be
challenging from catalytic, process design and economic perspectives, with no reports of a …

Oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) is considered one of the most promising routes to
directly convert methane into more valuable hydrocarbons. The uncertain economics related …

A numerical investigation of the steam methane reforming process using RANS is
presented. The effect of the geometric dimensionality of the reformer on the numerical …

Shale gas is being considered as feedstock for the production of major petrochemicals. One
such chemical is ethylene. Although the typical production for ethylene is carried out via …

Endeavors have recently been concentrated on minimizing the dependency on fossil fuels in
order to mitigate the ever-increasing problem of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions …

We propose a numerical methodology to combine detailed microkinetic modeling and
Eulerian–Eulerian methods for the simulation of industrial fluidized bed reactors. An …

The rapid and severe deactivation of methane partial oxidation catalysts remains a major
hindrance restraining its potential in commercialization and industrialization for large-scale …

The oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) was investigated using a catalyst with a core@
shell structure or a physical mixture comprised of MgO and SiC or Fe3O4, which was …