Chemical Reaction Engineering Blog Posts
An Analysis of Syngas Combustion in a Round-Jet Burner
By combining the Reacting Flow interface and the Heat Transfer in Solids interface, we can study the syngas combustion in a round-jet burner. Get details…
Using Simulation to Optimize Biopharmaceutical Processes
Did you know that you can use COMSOL Multiphysics® to study biopharmaceutical processes? Examples include pharmaceutical mixers, injection devices, dielectrophoretic separation, and more >>
Simulating an Ideal Stirred Tank Reactor System
The Generic CSTR reactor type in the Reaction Engineering interface can be used to easily model continuous stirred tank reactors (CSTRs), or ideal stirred tank reactors.
New and Revamped Chemical Engineering Interfaces
Get an overview of the modeling interfaces for reaction engineering and mass transport in COMSOL Multiphysics®, including the Chemistry and Reaction Engineering interfaces.
Modeling Approaches in Heterogeneous Catalysis
Get an introduction to heterogeneous catalysis, the main steps for chemical species in heterogeneous catalytic reactions, adsorption-desorption models, surface reactions, and much more…
Apps for Teaching Mathematical Modeling of Tubular Reactors
Chemical engineering students can use the Tubular Reactor app to model a nonideal tubular reactor and investigate the impact of different operating conditions. Learn more >>
Multiscale Reactors: Cleaning the Flows
Packed bed reactors are used in chemical synthesis and for effluent treatment and catalytic combustion, are often required for heterogeneous catalysis, and commonly include catalyst pellets.
Modeling Hydrodealkylation in a Membrane Reactor
Hydrodealkylation is a hydrogen-intensive process. We demonstrate using the thermodynamics modeling features in the COMSOL® software to analyze this process in a membrane reactor.