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Scripting as an Approach to Automated CFD Simulation for Packed Bed Catalytic Reactor Modeling
Author(s) -
Fernengel Johanna,
Habla Florian,
Hinrichsen Olaf
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemie ingenieur technik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1522-2640
pISSN - 0009-286X
DOI - 10.1002/cite.201700153
Subject(s) - computational fluid dynamics , python (programming language) , scripting language , preprocessor , packed bed , computer science , software , simulation , process engineering , computational science , engineering , chemical engineering , operating system , programming language , aerospace engineering
In recent years computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has become a widely applied tool for the simulation of catalytic fixed‐bed reactors and numerous authors have contributed towards methods for random packed bed generation and flow simulation. The presented approach focuses on an automated simulation routine realized through bash and python scripting covering multiple entire simulation runs including preprocessing, simulation as well as post‐processing based on open‐source software. As an example, the routine is demonstrated with a case study on catalytic fixed‐bed reactors.