Bubble size distribution modeling in stirred gas-liquid reactors with QMOM augmented by a new correction algorithm

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-53

  Petitti, Miriam ^a   Nasuti, Andrea ^a   Marchisio, Daniele L ^a   Vanni, Marco ^a   Baldi, Giancarlo ^a   Mancini, Nicola ^b   Podenzani, Fabrizio ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bubble size distribution; Gas liquid stirred tank; Moments correction; Moments corruption; Multiphase flow; Population balance; Quadrature method of moments

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; MOMENTS CORRUPTION; POPULATION BALANCES; QUADRATURE METHOD OF MOMENTS; STIRRED TANK;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COALESCENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CRIME; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 78049385438     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12003     Document Type: Article

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