A study on the two-phase flow in a stirred tank reactor agitated by a gas-inducing turbine

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 86, Issue 1 A, 2008, Pages 75-81

  Hristov, Hristo Vesselinov ^a   Stephan, Boden ^a   Uwe, Hampel ^a   Holger, Kryk ^a   Günther, Hessel ^a   Wilfried, Schmitt ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CFD; Gas inducing impeller; Mixing; Stirred tank reactor; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; DRAG COEFFICIENT; IMPELLERS; MIXING; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBULENCE MODELS; VORTEX FLOW;

BUBBLE DISPERSION; BUBBLE INDUCTION; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; STIRRED TANK REACTOR; VORTEX FORMATION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; DRAG COEFFICIENT; IMPELLERS; MIXING; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBULENCE MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 44249112606     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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