Optimization of gas-liquid reactor using computational fluid dynamics

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3081-3089

  Patwardhan, A W ^a   Joshi, J B ^a   Fotedar, S ^b   Mathew, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

^b RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED   (India)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Hydrodynamics; Mass transfer; Optimization; Reaction engineering; Stirred reactor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GAMMA RAYS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MASS TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

GAMMA RAY TOMOGRAPHY; GAS-LIQUID REACTORS; INTERFACIAL AREA DISTRIBUTION; PRODUCT QUALITY;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 15944428192     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.12.034     Document Type: Article

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