CFD-facilitated flow field analysis of bubble columns with concentric plates for biological applications

Chemical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1490-1496

  Lobatón, Hao ^a   Suárez, Camilo ^a   Molina, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Computational fluid dynamics; Flow field analysis; Gas holdup; Macromixing

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID; ENGINEERING DESIGN; EULERIAN-EULERIAN; FIELD ANALYSIS; FLOW FIELD ANALYSIS; GAS HOLD-UP DISTRIBUTION; GAS HOLDUP; HYDRODYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; MACROMIXING; MIXING TIME; SOLID PLATES; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; VELOCITY FIELD;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; GASES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VELOCITY;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 80052189760     PISSN: 09307516     EISSN: 15214125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ceat.201000453     Document Type: Article

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