Mixing in bubble column reactors: Role of unsteady flow structures

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 402-411

  Buwa, Vivek V ^a   Ranade, Vivek V ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Bubble column; CFD; Gas liquid flow; Mixing; Unsteady flow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; MIXING;

BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS; GAS-LIQUID FLOW;

UNSTEADY FLOW;

BUBBLE COLUMN; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MIXING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYNAMICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GAS ANALYSIS; LIQUID; METHODOLOGY; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 2942630625     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450810310     Document Type: Conference Paper

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