Effect of interfacial forces and turbulence models on predicting flow pattern inside the bubble column

M Pourtousi, JN Sahu, P Ganesan - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2014 - Elsevier
The numerical approaches have been used in many studies to predict the flow pattern inside
the bubble column reactors because of the difficulties that are still found in designing and …

Computational fluid dynamics modelling of two-phase bubble columns: A comprehensive review

G Besagni, N Varallo, R Mereu - Fluids, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bubble columns are used in many different industrial applications, and their design and
characterisation have always been very complex. In recent years, the use of Computational …

CFD simulation of bubble column—an analysis of interphase forces and turbulence models

MV Tabib, SA Roy, JB Joshi - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2008 - Elsevier
3D transient CFD simulations of bubble column have been performed for a wide range of
superficial gas velocity on an industrially relevant cylindrical column and the CFD …

CFD optimization of continuous stirred-tank (CSTR) reactor for biohydrogen production

J Ding, X Wang, XF Zhou, NQ Ren, WQ Guo - Bioresource technology, 2010 - Elsevier
There has been little work on the optimal configuration of biohydrogen production reactors.
This paper describes three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of …

CFD simulation of bubble columns incorporating population balance modeling

MR Bhole, JB Joshi, D Ramkrishna - Chemical engineering science, 2008 - Elsevier
A computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-code has been developed using finite volume method
in Eulerian framework for the simulation of axisymmetric steady state flows in bubble …

CFD simulation of hydrodynamics of gas–liquid–solid fluidised bed reactor

R Panneerselvam, S Savithri, GD Surender - Chemical Engineering …, 2009 - Elsevier
A three dimensional transient model is developed to simulate the local hydrodynamics of a
gas–liquid–solid three-phase fluidised bed reactor using the computational fluid dynamics …

Numerical investigation of the interphase forces and turbulence closure in 3D square bubble columns

RMA Masood, A Delgado - Chemical Engineering Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D time dependent numerical study has been performed to predict the flow
hydrodynamics in bubble columns by employing explicit algebraic Reynolds stress …

Bubble properties measurement in bubble columns: From homogeneous to heterogeneous regime

X Guan, N Yang - Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2017 - Elsevier
Bubble properties, such as local gas holdup, bubble frequency, bubble velocity, bubble size,
and interfacial area concentration, are of great significance for the design and scale-up of …

Hydrodynamics of bubble column reactors at high gas velocity: experiments and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations

MR Rampure, AA Kulkarni… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2007 - ACS Publications
This paper focuses on the modeling of flow and mixing in a bubble column reactor operated
at high gas velocities (up to 0.40 m/s). A dual-tip conductivity probe was used to measure …

CFD simulation of hydrodynamics of gas–liquid–solid three-phase bubble column

W Li, W Zhong - Powder Technology, 2015 - Elsevier
A 3D time dependent numerical study was performed to study the gas–liquid–solid three-
phase flow dynamics in bubble columns by employing the Eulerian–Eulerian–Eulerian three …