Translucent photocatalytic reactor structures are interesting for the design of small and large scale reactors. Altering base element size structure impacts packing parameters. Decreasing increases available surface area which potential catalyst load per volume. However, a smaller number light scattering boundaries, resulting in higher energy loss. This work elaborates on influence absorption e...

New compact analytical models for predicting the effective thermal conductivity of regularly packed beds of rough spheres immersed in a stagnant gas are developed. Existing models do not consider either the influence of the spheres roughness or the rarefaction of the interstitial gas on the conductivity of the beds. Contact mechanics and thermal analyses are performed for uniform size spheres p...

Packed open-cell foams are proposed as an alternative to standard packed bed configuration commonly adopted for the adsorption columns of a temperature swing process. In this contribution, heat transfer in column with foam is investigated by experimental and modeling analysis, comparison bed. The introduction allows more rapid transitions substantial reduction gradients within impact enhancemen...