2D and 3D simulations of an internal airlift loop reactor on the basis of a two-fluid model

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 56, Issue 21-22, 2001, Pages 6351-6358

  Mudde, R F ^a   Van Den Akker, H E A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airlift; CFD; k model; Turbulence; Two fluid model

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; FRICTION; TURBULENCE;

GAS FLOW RATES;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0035941332     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(01)00222-6     Document Type: Article

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