Modelling of gas-liquid/gas-liquid-solid flows in bubble columns: Experiments and CFD simulations

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 692-706

  Rampure, Mohan R ^a   Buwa, Vivek V ^a   Ranade, Vivek V ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Bubble column; CF; Dynamics; Gas liquid( solid) flow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NOZZLES; PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS; SOLID LOADING;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

BUBBLE COLUMN; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MODELING;

BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY; GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATION; REACTOR;

EID: 2942632801     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450810348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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