CFD simulation of gas-liquid contacting in tubular reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 7151-7162

  Podila, K ^a   Al Taweel, A M ^a   Koksal, M ^b   Troshko, A ^c   Gupta, Y P ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANSYS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble breakage and coalescence; Computational fluid dynamics; Multiphase reactors; Population balances; Turbulent flows

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COALESCENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

BUBBLE BREAKAGE; MULTIPHASE REACTORS; POPULATION BALANCES;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHEMICAL REACTORS; COALESCENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 36048974175     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.08.081     Document Type: Article

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