Computational fluid dynamics simulation of bubble coalescence and breakup in an internal airlift reactor: analysis of effects of a draft tube on hydrodynamics and mass transfer

DOI10.1016/j.apm.2014.09.020zbMath1443.76230OpenAlexW2089137701MaRDI QIDQ2337640

Hamidreza Sanaeepur, Abtin Ebadi Amooghin, Ali Kargari, Somaye Jafari

Publication date: 20 November 2019

Published in: Applied Mathematical Modelling (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2014.09.020

zbMATH Keywords

mathematical modelingdraft tubeairlift reactorcoalescence and break-upmass transfer intensification

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Liquid-gas two-phase flows, bubbly flows (76T10) Mathematical modeling or simulation for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-10)

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