Two-fluid Eulerian simulation of bubble column reactors with distributors

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 831-841

  Akhtar, Muhammad Abid ^a   Tadé, Moses Oludayo ^a   Pareek, Vishnu Kumar ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bubble column; CFD; Gas distributor; Two fluid modeling

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; TURBULENCE;

EULERIAN SIMULATION; GAS DISTRIBUTION; TWO-FLUID MODELING;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; TURBULENCE;

EID: 33747693155     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: 00219592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.39.831     Document Type: Article

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