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Course
Highlights
Learn about modeling fluid dynamics, chemical reaction engineering and transport phenomena with the Chemical Engineering Module. Examples focus on unit operations and reactor design. The course will teach you how to employ the recently extended fluid dynamics capabilities.
Prerequisites
This hands-on workshop requires only a basic knowledge of mathematical modeling or
equivalent knowledge
Who Must Attend
This course is suitable for anyone interested in fluid dynamics, chemical reaction engineering,
or transport phenomena. It is specifically intended for existing and potential users of both
COMSOL Multiphysics and the Chemical Engineering Module.
Course
Outline
The instructor will select topics from this list as well as others as requested by attendees:
- The basis of mathematical modeling in chemical engineering and transport phenomena
- Fluid dynamics in free and porous media
- Modeling of tubular reactors
- The use of solvers as well as visualization and postprocessing tools
- Parametric studies
This course gives a short introduction to the most important features and uses of the
Chemical Engineering Module. Furthermore, it introduces a new tool, the Reaction
Engineering Lab, with which you can define and model reaction kinetics using reaction
formulas as inputs.
The first example shows one of the key application modes in the Chemical Engineering
Module, the Maxwell-Stefan application mode, which is useful for modeling
concentrated solutions. The example shows how the module handles concentrated
mixtures and how you prepare model definitions.
The second example studies the residence time in a baffled turbulent reactor. Here you
can use the ready-made k-å Turbulent Flow application mode. The flow field is first
solved at stationary conditions. A second step adds a material balance, which you solve
with the time-dependent solver to study the residence time in the reactor.
The third example is a more traditional reaction-engineering case. It deals with the
synthesis of ibuprofen, an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic drug. The
model illustrates the use of the new Reaction Engineering Lab, a tool for the
generation of kinetic reaction expressions as well as material and energy balances.
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