The purpose of this research was to examine heat transfer in wall-heated and wall-cooled packed beds. In previous research at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, cooling was found to trend higher than heating. Through changes in the computer model, calculated temperature profiles were closer to experimental profiles. When changing the experimental procedure to reduce re-packings, the trends in parameters were less scattered. Using these alterations, heating and cooling were found to be more similar than what was observed in the past.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Hartzell, Emily Jane
• Morgan, Ashley Taylor
• DiNino, Anthony Robert
• Judge, Katherine Elizabeth

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042213-210945

Advisor

• Dixon, Anthony G.

Year

• 2013

Date created

• 2013-04-22

Location

• Shanghai

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Chemical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright