CFD simulation of steady state heat transfer in bubble columns

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 117-125

  Dhotre, Mahesh T ^a   Vitankar, Vivek S ^a   Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; CFD; Design; Fluid mechanics; Heat transfer coefficient; Low Reynolds number model; Mathematical modelling

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FLOW PATTERN; TWO-PHASE GAS-LIQUID FLOW; VELOCITY PROFILES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 17144427294     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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