Measurements and CFD simulations of gas holdup and liquid velocity in novel aircraft membrane contactor

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4079-4089

  Jajuee, Babak ^a   Margaritis, Argyries ^a   Karamanev, Dimitre ^a   Bergougnou, Maurice A ^a   Karimian, S A Mohsen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airlift contactor; Biochemical engineering; Bubble phenomena; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Fluidization; Hydrodynamics; Membrane bioreactor; Mixing; Multi phase flow; Velocity profile

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

AIRLIFT CONTACTORS; BUBBLE PHENOMENA; MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; VELOCITY PROFILE;

BIOREACTORS;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOREACTORS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 33845566667     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11010     Document Type: Article

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