Computational fluid dynamics simulation of solid suspension in a gas-liquid-solid mechanically agitated contactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1608-1620

  Panneerselvam, Ranganathan ^a   Savithri, Sivaraman ^a   Surender, Gerald Devasagayam ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOWERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GASES; LIQUIDS; TURBINES; TURBULENCE MODELS;

CFD MODELS; CFD-SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CRITICAL IMPELLER SPEED; EULERIAN; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; GAS LIQUID SOLIDS; GAS-FLOW RATES; IMPELLER SPEED; MULTI FLUIDS; MULTIPLE FRAMES; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PITCHED BLADE TURBINES; SOLID SUSPENSIONS; STEADY-STATE METHODS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 61549132526     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800978w     Document Type: Article

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