CFD simulation of gas-liquid flow behaviour in an air-lift reactor: Determination of the optimum distance of the draft tube

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 927-945

  Hekmat, Atefeh ^a   Amooghin, Abtin Ebadi ^a   Moraveji, Mostafa Keshavarz ^a  

^a ARAK UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bubble reactor; CFD; Draft tube; Effective mixing; Gas liquid; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR-LIFT REACTORS; APPROPRIATE DISTANCES; BUBBLE REACTORS; CFD SIMULATIONS; DRAFT TUBES; GAS LIQUID FLOWS; MIXING GAS; REACTOR PERFORMANCE; ROTARY MOVEMENT; SIMULATION RESULT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LIQUIDS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 77955272551     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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