Comparison of mixing in two industrial gas-liquid reactors using CFD simulations

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 8-9 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 2253-2272

  Gentric, C ^a   Mignon, D ^b   Bousquet, J ^b   Tanguy, P A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; Hydrodynamics; Mixing; Multiphase flow; Simulation; Stirred tank

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GASES; MIXTURES;

EULERIAN SIMULATIONS; GAS-LIQUID REACTORS; PSEUDO-LIQUID PHASE; STIRRED REACTORS;

MIXING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS-LIQUID MIXING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 14544302698     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.11.045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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