Population balance modeling of aerated stirred vessels based on CFD

AIChE Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 673-685

  Venneker, Bart C H ^a   Derksen, Jos J ^a   Van den Akker, Harrie E A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; MASS TRANSFER; TURBULENCE;

AERATED STIRRED VESSELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

XANTHAN;

BUBBLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MODELING; PREDICTION; STIRRED TANK; TRANSPORT;

AERATION; ARTICLE; FLUID FLOW; GAS FLOW; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VESSEL;

EID: 0036557164     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690480404     Document Type: Article

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