Local hydrodynamics modeling of a gas-liquid-solid three-phase bubble column

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2221-2231

  Jia, Xiaoqiang ^a   Wen, Jianping ^a   Zhou, Haoli ^a   Feng, Wei ^a   Yuan, Qing ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Local hydrodynamics; Modeling; MUSIG; Three phase

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; GAS BUBBLE SIZE; THREEPHASE BUBBLE COLUMN;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548588509     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11254     Document Type: Article

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