Aug, 2026
Journal
Multiscale characterization, modeling and simulation of packed bed reactor for direct conversion of syngas to dimethyl ether
This work presents a multiscale Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis of direct DME synthesis in a packed bed reactor with physically mixed Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 and γ-Al2O3 catalysts. The model accounts for hierarchical transport behavior by coupling a one-dimensional intraparticle subgrid model to a two-dimensional (axial and radial) model for heat and mass transport along…