A fluid dynamic model for three-phase airlift reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 1999, Pages 2359-2370

  Garcia Calvo E ^a   Rodriguez A ^a   Prados, A ^a   Klein, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Airlift reactors; Fluid dynamics; Modeling; Solid behavior; Three phase

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASES; HYSTERESIS; LIQUIDS; PACKED BEDS; PHASE INTERFACES; SOLIDS; VELOCITY;

ENERGY BALANCE; SOLID BEHAVIOR; SOLID HOLDUP DISTRIBUTION; THREE PHASE AIR LIFT REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; THREE-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0033166112     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00302-9     Document Type: Article

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