Modeling hydrodynamics of gas-liquid airlift reactor

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 335-353

  Talvy, Samuel ^a   Cockx, Arnaud ^a   Liné, Alain ^a  

^a UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

Author keywords

Airlift, hydrodynamics; Axial dispersion; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Mixing; Turbulence; Two fluid model

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE; TWO PHASE FLOW;

AIRLIFT REACTORS; AXIAL DISPERSIONS; TWO-FLUID MODELS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33846885892     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11078     Document Type: Article

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