Chapter 1 Introduction
1��1 Research Motivation
1��2 Objectives

Chapter 2 Literature Review
2��1 Introduction
2��2 Hydrodynamic Characterizations
2��3 CFD Modeling Approaches
2��4 Closure Model
2��5 Summary

Chapter 3 Numerical Study of Special Ball Packed Bed Reactor
3��1 Experiments Data Collection
3��2 Development of the Numerical Model
3��3 Results and Discussion
3��4 Conclusions

Chapter 4 Numerical Simulations of a Structured Packed Bed
4��1 CFD Model Development
4��2 Results and Discussion
4��3 Conclusions

Chapter 5 Development of Macro-scale Model
5��1 Macro-scale Model Description
5��2 Modified Closure Model
5��3 Results of a New Closure Model
5��4 Conclusions

Chapter 6 Conclusions

Nomenclature
References