Experimental and numerical study of gas hold-up in surface aerated stirred tanks

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4098-4110

  Sun, Haiyan ^a   Mao, Zai Sha ^a   Yu, Gengzhi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Gas hold up; Gas liquid flow; Numerical simulation; Rushton impeller; Stirred tank; Surface aeration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS TURBINES; IMPELLERS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRODUCT DESIGN; TURBULENT FLOW;

GAS HOLD-UP; GAS-LIQUID FLOW; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; RUSHTON IMPELLERS; STIRRED TANK; SURFACE AERATION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS TURBINES; IMPELLERS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRODUCT DESIGN; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33646131410     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.12.029     Document Type: Article

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