On the measurement of gas holdup distribution near the region of impeller in a gas-liquid stirred Rushton tank by means of γ-CT

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 188, Issue , 2012, Pages 191-198

  Kong, Li na ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Han, Lu chang ^a   Liu, Yue jin ^a   Luo, He an ^a   Al Dahhan, Muthanna ^b   Dudukovic, Milorad P ^b  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Gas holdup distribution; Measurement; Near the region of impeller; Rushton tank

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DIRECTION; CFD SIMULATIONS; CHARACTERISTIC PEAKS; CT IMAGE; DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION; DISTRIBUTION OF GAS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; GAS HOLD UP; GAS HOLDUP DISTRIBUTION; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS-LIQUID SYSTEMS; HOLE NUMBER; OPERATING CONDITION; RECIRCULATIONS; RESEARCH RESULTS; ROTATING SPEED; RUSHTON;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMPELLERS; LIQUIDS; MEASUREMENTS; ROTATING MACHINERY; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

GASES;

EID: 84862820362     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.02.023     Document Type: Article

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