Euler-euler modeling of flow, mass transfer, and chemical reaction in a bubble column

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-57

  Zhang, Dongsheng ^a   Deen, Niels G ^a   Kuipers, J A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLE FORMATION; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMISORPTION; MASS TRANSFER; NEWTONIAN FLOW; PH; RANGE FINDING; SODIUM; TURBULENCE;

BUBBLE NUMBER DENSITIES; BUBBLE PLUMES; BUBBLE SIZES; CHEMICAL ABSORPTIONS; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARES; DOWNFLOW; ENHANCEMENT FACTORS; EULER-EULER; FLUID FLOWS; FULL COUPLINGS; INITIAL PH VALUES; INTERFACIAL COEFFICIENTS; LIQUID-PHASE; MACROSCOPIC MODELS; NAOH SOLUTIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PHYSICAL ABSORPTIONS; SIMPLE MODELS; SIMULATED RESULTS; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; SUBGRID-SCALE TURBULENCE MODELS; TEST CASE; TURBULENT VISCOSITIES; VERTICAL DIRECTIONS;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

EID: 61649123866     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800233y     Document Type: Article

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