The modelling of buoyancy driven flow in bubble columns

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-115

  Cartland Glover, G M ^a   Generalis, S C ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; Computational fluid dynamics; K Turbulence; Mixture models; Thermal convection; Turbulent Reynolds stresses; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

DENSITY DIFFERENCE;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMN; BUOYANCY DRIVEN FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; TURBULENCE; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0242666810     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0255-2701(03)00008-4     Document Type: Article

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