Modelling and simulation of reduction oven with FEMLAB

A mathematical model has been developed to better understand and optimize an existing chemical process. The process consists of a gas phase and a solid phase and is carried out to remove two components in a reducing environment. The physical phenomenons of the studied system are described as partial differential equations. The model includes balances in energy, mass and momentum and is therefore a multiphysics problem. Experiments have been conducted to determine unknown model parameters and the model has then been implemented in FEMLAB. Results from the simulations has been correlated with experimental data to validate the model