Abstract
The simulation of two-phase flow in bubble columns using commercially available software fromFluent Incorporated is presented here. Data from a bubble column with a ratio of height to thecolumn diameter of 5 : 1 are compared with simulations and experimental results for time-averaged
velocity and Reynolds stress proles are used to validate transient, two-dimensional simulations.The models are based on multiphase biological reactors with applications in the food industry. An example case of the mass transfer of oxygen through the liquid phase is also presented.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 361-369 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Chemical Papers |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 6A |
| Publication status | Published - 2000 |
| Event | 27th International Conference of the Slovak Society of Chemical Engineering - Tatranské Matliare, Slovakia Duration: 22 May 2000 → 26 May 2000 |
Keywords
- simulation
- two-phase flow
- bubble columns
- time-averaged velocity
- Reynolds stress profiles
- transient
- two-dimensional simulations
- multiphase biological reactors
- food industry
- mass transfer
- oxygen
- liquid phase