Liquid holdup and pressure drop determination in structured packing with CFD simulations

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 871-879

  Raynal, Ludovic ^a   Boyer, Christophe ^a   Ballaguet, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

CFD; Gas treatment; Multiphase flow; Structured packing; Tomography; VOF method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; TURBULENCE;

DRY PRESSURE DROP; HYDRODYNAMICS CALCULATIONS; LIQUID HOLDUP; MESH SIZE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HOLD-UP; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 20844436807     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450820502     Document Type: Article

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