CFD simulation of flow and turbulence in a slurry bubble column

AIChE Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1413-1429

  Matonis, Diana ^a   Gidaspow, Dimitri ^a   Bahary, Mitra ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SLURRIES; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMN;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

GLASS; WATER;

BUBBLE COLUMN; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID FLOW; SLURRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TURBULENCE; X-RAY;

ARTICLE; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLUIDIZATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GAS FLOW; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHASE TRANSITION; RADIODENSITOMETRY; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; VISCOMETER; WATER FLOW;

EID: 0036629409     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690480706     Document Type: Article

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