Gas-liquid flow and bubble size distribution in stirred tanks

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2107-2118

  Montante, G ^a   Horn, D ^a   Paglianti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bubble size distribution; CFD; Gas liquid stirred tank; Two phase PIV

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GAS-LIQUID STIRRED TANK; TWO-PHASE PIV;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 40949088904     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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