Numerical simulations of gas-liquid mass transfer in bubble columns with a CFD-PBM coupled model

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 7107-7118

  Wang, Tiefeng ^a   Wang, Jinfu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bubble breakup and coalescence; Bubble size distribution; Gas liquid mass transfer; Population balance model (PBM)

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; COALESCENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BUBBLE BREAKUP; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER; POPULATION BALANCE MODEL (PBM);

MASS TRANSFER;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; COALESCENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 36048956713     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.08.033     Document Type: Article

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