Analysis of Temperature Distribution in a Magnetite Catalyst Bed under Microwave Irradiation using COMSOL Multiphysics®

Dai MOCHIZUKI et al.[1]

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan[1]
Published in 2013

Dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene with a magnetite catalyst has been performed with a fixed bed flow type reactor under microwave irradiation. Microwave heating showed a temperature gradient in the catalyst bed. We analyzed an electromagnetic field and heat transfer in the microwave cavity using COMSOL Multiphysics to visualize the temperature distribution in the catalyst bed.

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