Modelling sieve tray hydraulics using computational fluid dynamics

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-38

  Krishna, R ^a   Van Baten, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clear liquid height; Computational fluid dynamics; Froth density; Froth height; Liquid circulations; Scale effects; Sieve trays

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SIEVES;

CIRCULATION PATTERN;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SIEVED DISTILLATION COLUMN;

EID: 0037208371     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387603321158168     Document Type: Article

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