Influence of scale on the hydrodynamics of bubble columns operating in the churn-turbulent regime: Experiments vs. Eulerian simulations

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 4903-4911

  Krishna, R ^a   Urseanu, M I ^a   Van Baten, J M ^a   Ellenberger, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; Churn turbulent flow regime; Column diameter influence; Computational fluid dynamics; Large bubbles; Radial velocity profiles

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

CHURN TURBULENT FLOW; EULERIAN SIMULATION; RADIAL VELOCITY;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE DISTILLATION COLUMN; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW REGIME RELATIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033231734     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00211-0     Document Type: Article

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