Fluid dynamics of gas-liquid airlift reactors through CFD packages

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP

Volumn 397, Issue , 1999, Pages

  Bagatin, R ^a   Andrigo, P ^a   Protto, L ^a   Maestri, F ^b   Di Muzio, F ^b   Masi, M ^b   Carra S ^b  

^a ENI S P A   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CORRELATION METHODS; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW; USER INTERFACES;

AIRLIFT REACTORS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0343061101     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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