Computational Fluid Dynamics Applied to Chemical Reaction Engineering

In the following lecture we try to summarize the conclusions of a survey1 undertaken at the request of the Commission of European Communities, with the aim of delimiting the area of application of Computational Fluid Dynamics techniques in the broad area of Chemical Reaction Engineering. We first describe, in general terms, Computational Fluid Dynamics techniques and then consider the potential applications to Chemical Reaction Engineering. Finally, we summarize the main conclusions of our survey and add a few recommendations for future action.