Experimental and numerical investigation on gas holdup and flooding in an aerated stirred tank with Rushton impeller

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1141-1151

  Wang, Weijing ^a,b,c   Mao, Zai Sha ^a,b,c   Yang, Chao ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK FLOW REGION; EULERIAN APPROACH; FLOODING; RUSHTON IMPELLERS; TWO-PHASE TURBULENCE MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTICS; FLOW PATTERNS; IMPELLERS; SEWAGE AERATION; SEWAGE TANKS; TURBULENCE; TWO PHASE FLOW;

GAS HOLDERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTICS; FLOW PATTERNS; GAS HOLDERS; IMPELLERS; SEWAGE AERATION; SEWAGE TANKS; TURBULENCE; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 32644441917     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0503085     Document Type: Article

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