CFD simulation of gas-liquid flows in stirred vessel equipped with dual rushton turbines: influence of parallel, merging and diverging flow configurations

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3810-3820

  Khopkar, Avinash R ^a   Tanguy, Philippe A ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; Dual impeller; Flow configurations; Gas holdup distribution; Stirred vessel

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDICS; FLUIDS; FORECASTING; GAS TURBINES; GASES; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MERGING; STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VOID FRACTION;

(+ MOD 2N) OPERATION; CAVITY STRUCTURES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; DIVERGING FLOWS; ELSEVIER (CO); ENGINEERING SCIENCES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW CONFIGURATIONS; FLOW REGIMES; GAS DISPERSION; GAS LIQUID (GL); GAS-LIQUID FLOWS; IN VESSEL; LOCAL VOID FRACTION; MODEL PREDICTIONS; PARALLEL FLOWS; RUSHTON TURBINES; STIRRED VESSELS; TWO-FLUID MODEL (TFM);

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 46249091389     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.04.039     Document Type: Article

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