On the modelling of population balance in isothermal vertical bubbly flows-Average bubble number density approach

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 742-756

  Cheung, Sherman C P ^a   Yeoh, G H ^b   Tu, J Y ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD; Gas liquid flow; Model validation; Population balance

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW;

GAS-LIQUID FLOW; MODEL VALIDATION; POPULATION BALANCE;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COALESCENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 34247635510     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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