Simulation of a slurry airlift using a two-fluid model

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 673-681

  Oey, R S ^a   Mudde, R F ^a   Portela, L M ^a   Van Den Akker, H E A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CFD; Internal loop airlift reactor; K model; Three phase flow; Turbulence; Two fluid model

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHEMICAL REACTORS; DISPERSIONS; SEPARATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VOLUME FRACTION;

AIRLIFT REACTOR;

SLURRIES;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; SLURRY; THREE-PHASE FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0035028381     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(00)00275-X     Document Type: Article

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