Eulerian-Lagrangian simulations of unsteady gas-liquid flows in bubble columns

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 864-885

  Buwa, Vivek V ^a   Deo, Dhanannjay S ^a   Ranade, Vivek V ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Bubble column; CFD; Dynamics; Eulerian Eulerian simulations; Eulerian Lagrangian simulations; Gas liquid flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS DYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EULERIAN-EULERIAN SIMULATIONS; EULERIAN-LAGRANGIAN SIMULATIONS; GAS-LIQUID FLOW;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS DYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33745669080     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2006.02.017     Document Type: Article

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