Evaluation of drag force effect on hold-up in a gas-liquid stirred tank reactor

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 833-840

  Zadghaffari, Ramin ^a   Moghaddas, Jafar Sadegh ^a  

^a SAHAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

CFD; Drag force; MRF; Stirred tank

Indexed keywords

CFD; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DISTRIBUTION OF GAS; DRAG FORCES; DRAG MODEL; EULERIAN-EULERIAN APPROACH; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FLOW REGIMES; GAS HOLD-UP DISTRIBUTION; GAS LIQUID FLOWS; GAS LIQUIDS; HOLD UP; IMPELLER ROTATION; INTER-PHASE DRAG; MRF; MULTIPLE-REFERENCE FRAMES; NEW MODEL; SIMULATION METHODS; SIMULATION RESULT; STIRRED TANK; STIRRED TANK REACTORS; STIRRED VESSELS; SUBMODELS; TURBULENT INTENSITIES; TURBULENT MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG COEFFICIENT; LIQUIDS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

DRAG;

EID: 78249266906     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.09we061     Document Type: Article

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