Design of ring and spider type spargers for bubble column reactor: Experimental measurements and CFD simulation of flow and weeping

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1612-1630

  Kulkarni, Anand V ^a   Badgandi, Shrikant V ^a   Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Critical weep point velocity; Hole velocity; Multiple ring sparger; Single ring sparger; Sparger design; Spider; Uniformity

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; CRITICAL WEEP POINT VELOCITY; DESIGN PROCEDURE; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; HOLE DIAMETER; MULTIPLE RING; MULTIPLE RING SPARGER; NUMBER OF ARMS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; RING DIAMETER; SINGLE RING SPARGER; WHEEL-TYPE; WORKED EXAMPLES;

BUBBLE FORMATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; FLOW SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 71949101238     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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