Hydrodynamic simulations of laboratory scale bubble columns fundamental studies of the Eulerian-Eulerian modelling approach

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 5091-5099

  Pfleger, D ^a   Gomes, S ^a   Gilbert, N ^a   Wagner, H G ^a  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; CFD; Euler Euler model; Hydrodynamics; Multiphase flow; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCITY;

EULER-EULER MODELS; HARMONIC OSCILLATIONS; LIQUID VELOCITY;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE DISTILLATION COLUMN; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

EID: 0033231965     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00261-4     Document Type: Article

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