CFD simulation of gas-liquid stirred vessel: VC, S33, and L33 flow regimes

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1654-1672

  Khopkar, Avinash R ^a   Ranade, Vivek V ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Flow regimes; Gas holdup distribution; Rushton turbine; Stirred vessel

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DRAG; TURBULENCE;

FLOW REGIMES; GAS HOLDUP DISTRIBUTION; RUSHTON TURBINE; STIRRED VESSELS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DRAG; TURBULENCE; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33646350490     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10762     Document Type: Article

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