Solid-liquid mass transfer analysis in a multi-phase tank reactor containing submerged coated inclined-plates: A computational fluid dynamics approach

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1143-1153

  Trujillo, Francisco J ^a   Safinski, Tomasz ^a   Adesina, Adesoji A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Mathematical modeling; Photoreactor design; Solid liquid mass transfer coefficient; Submerged inclined plates

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLE FORMATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONS; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; OXIDE MINERALS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUARTZ; SOLAR SYSTEM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TURBULENCE;

CFD SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PHOTOREACTOR DESIGN; SOLID-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; SUBMERGED INCLINED-PLATES;

FLUIDS;

EID: 59349102290     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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