Model based on population balance for the simulation of bubble columns using methods of the least-square type

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3133-3144

  Sporleder, Federico ^a   Dorao, Carlos A ^a   Jakobsen, Hugo A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; Least squares; Mathematical modeling; Multiphase flow; Population balance; Spectral element method

Indexed keywords

1-D MODELS; BUBBLE DIAMETER; DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONS; DISPERSED PHASE; GAS VOLUME; INTERNAL COORDINATES; LEAST SQUARE; LEAST SQUARES; LEAST SQUARES METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MEASURED DATA; MODEL-BASED OPC; MOMENTUM EQUATION; POPULATION BALANCES; SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHOD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 79958748937     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.02.062     Document Type: Article

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