Dynamic simulation of dispersed gas-liquid two-phase flow using a discrete bubble model

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1429-1458

  Delnoij, E ^a   Lammers, F A ^a   Kuipers, J A M ^a   Van Swaaij, W P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; hydrodynamics; two phase flow

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION COLUMNS-BUBBLE; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; TWO-PHASE FLOW(GAS/LIQUID);

ASPECT RATIO; BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EULERIAN LAGRANGIAN METHOD;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0030615980     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(96)00515-5     Document Type: Article

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