CFD simulation of alleviation of fluid back mixing by baffles in bubble column

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 925-937

  Xia, Y K ^a   Peng, F F ^b   Wolfe, E ^a  

^a Sedgman LLC   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Column flotation; Computational fluid dynamics; Flotation bubbles; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; COAL; COUPLINGS; FLOTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERALS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SEPARATION;

COLUMN FLOTATION; FLOTATION BUBBLES; FLUID BACK MIXING; LAGRANGIAN FRAME; MINERAL SEPARATIONS; PACKED COLUMNS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 33646351731     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2005.10.014     Document Type: Article

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