Numerical simulation of liquid-solid two-phase flow in a tubular loop polymerization reactor

Powder Technology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 135-143

  Shi, De Pan ^a   Luo, Zheng Hong ^a   Zheng, Zu Wei ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Axial flow pump; CFD; Hydrodynamics; Loop reactor; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW PUMP; CFD CODES; CFD MODELS; CIRCULATION FLOW; EULERIAN-EULERIAN; HOLD UP; KINETIC THEORY OF GRANULAR FLOW; LIQUID-SOLID TWO PHASE FLOW; LOOP REACTORS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POLYMERIZATION REACTORS; PROPYLENE POLYMERIZATION; SCALE-UP; SIMULATION RESULT; SMALL PARTICLES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

AXIAL FLOW; FLOW SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; POLYMERIZATION; PROPYLENE; PUMPS; REACTOR OPERATION; SIMULATORS; THERMOPLASTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO PHASE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; LIQUID; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERIZATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REACTOR; SIMULATION; SOLID; STEADY STATE; TUBULAR LOOP POLYMERIZATION REACTOR; VELOCITY;

EID: 72049124818     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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