CFD simulations of a bubble column operating in the homogeneous and heterogeneous flow regimes

Chemical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1081-1086

  van Baten, J M ^a   Krishna, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; HYDRODYNAMICS; SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

FLOW REGIME;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMN; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036827382     PISSN: 09307516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4125(20021105)25:11<1081::AID-CEAT1081>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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