CFD modeling of gas dispersion and bubble size in a double turbine stirred tank

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3313-3322

  Kerdouss, F ^a   Bannari, A ^a   Proulx, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bubble size; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Gas dispersion; Mixing; Multiphase flow; Stirred tank

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COALESCENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; IMPELLERS; MIXING;

BUBBLE CONTAMINATION KINETICS; BUBBLE SIZE; GAS DISPERSIONS; STIRRED TANKS;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COALESCENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; IMPELLERS; MIXING; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 33644986470     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.11.061     Document Type: Article

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