Modelling of mass transfer in gas-liquid stirred tanks agitated by Rushton turbine and CD-6 impeller: A scale-up study

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 437-451

  Gimbun, J ^a   Rielly, C D ^a   Nagy, Z K ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CD 6; CFD PBM; Gas liquid; Local bubble size; Mass transfer; QMOM; Scale up

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; GASES; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; POPULATION STATISTICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBINES; VOID FRACTION;

CD-6; CFD-PBM; GAS-LIQUID; LOCAL BUBBLE SIZE; QMOM; SCALE-UP;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

EID: 61349179530     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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