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Diagram of a porous-insert channel reactor with inlet, outlet and CFD pressure sampling locations

OpenFOAM: CFD capstone project of a porous-bed reactor

Written by Giux | Published on Nov 1, 2026 | No comments

CFD capstone project with OpenFOAM 14: a channel reactor with a homogenised porous insert, porosityForce and Darcy–Forchheimer, a 12-case campaign, pressure and flow-rate measurements written by the solver, balances, the exact solution of the developed stretch and the Brinkman layer, mesh study and GCI, a PFR kinetic estimate kept separate from the CFD and a first-order reaction solved by OpenFOAM, with all scripts and the downloadable archive.

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