2D slurry bubble column hydrodynamic phenomena clarified with a 3D gas-liquid model

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 456-464

  Kluytmans, Jeroen H J ^a   Van Wachem, Berend G M ^a,c   Kuster, Ben E M ^a   Krishna, Rajamani ^b   Schouten, Jaap C ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2D 3D comparison; Bubble column; Gas hold up; Modeling; Scale

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GAS VELOCITIES; GAS-LIQUID MODELS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMN; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; SLURRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; REACTOR; SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0041397367     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450810317     Document Type: Conference Paper

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