Eulerian simulations for determination of the axial dispersion of liquid and gas phases in bubble columns operating in the churn-turbulent regime

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 503-512

  Van Baten, J M ^a   Krishna, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Axial dispersion; Bubble columns; Churn turbulent flow regime; computational fluid dynamics; Large bubbles; Radial velocity profiles; Small bubbles

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; RADIAL FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

AXIAL DISPERSION MODEL;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMN; CHURNING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSION MODELING; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0035040178     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(00)00254-2     Document Type: Article

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