Eulerian-Lagrangian simulations of liquid-gas-solid flows in three-phase slurry reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 5089-5104

  Zhang, Xinyu ^a   Ahmadi, Goodarz ^a  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Eulerian Lagrangian method; Gas liquid particle; Numerical simulation; Three phase

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF SOLIDS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SLURRIES; TRAJECTORIES; VORTEX FLOW;

BUBBLE SIZE; PARTICLE VELOCITY; SLURRY REACTORS; VOLUME-AVERAGED SYSTEM;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

SLURRY; THREE-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 21344443287     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.04.033     Document Type: Article

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