Measurement of phase holdups in liquid-liquid-solid three-phase stirred tanks and CFD simulation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 7535-7550

  Wang, Feng ^a   Mao, Zai Sha ^a   Wang, Yuefa ^a   Yang, Chao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Numerical simulation; Stirred tank; Three phase flow; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE;

MODEL FORMULATION; STIRRED TANKS; THREE PHASE FLOW;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 33750464112     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.08.046     Document Type: Article

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