Global modelling of a gas-liquid-solid airlift reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 5991-6003

  Talvy, Samuel ^a   Cockx, Arnaud ^a   Line, Alain ^a  

^a INSA   (France)

Author keywords

Airlift reactor; Gas liquid solid; Hydrodynamics; Modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GASES; MARINE RISERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYETHYLENES;

AIR BUBBLES; AIRLIFT REACTORS; DOWNCOMER; PHASE VELOCITIES;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 22744456142     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.04.067     Document Type: Conference Paper

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