CFD simulation of stirred tanks: Comparison of turbulence models (Part II: Axial flow impellers, multiple impellers and multiphase dispersions)

JB Joshi, NK Nere, CV Rane, BN Murthy… - … Canadian Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In the first part of the review, published literature regarding the CFD modelling of single‐
phase turbulent flow in stirred tank reactors with radial flow impellers was critically analysed …

[HTML][HTML] Computational fluid dynamics simulation of an industrial P. chrysogenum fermentation with a coupled 9-pool metabolic model: Towards rational scale-down …

C Haringa, W Tang, G Wang, AT Deshmukh… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
We assess the effect of substrate heterogeneity on the metabolic response of P.
chrysogenum in industrial bioreactors via the coupling of a 9-pool metabolic model with …

Gas–liquid flow generated by a Rushton turbine in stirred vessel: CARPT/CT measurements and CFD simulations

AR Khopkar, AR Rammohan, VV Ranade… - Chemical Engineering …, 2005 - Elsevier
In this work, computer-automated radioactive particle tracking (CARPT), computed
tomography (CT) and computational fluid dynamic (CFD) based models were used to …

Gas–liquid flow and bubble size distribution in stirred tanks

G Montante, D Horn, A Paglianti - Chemical engineering science, 2008 - Elsevier
This work is aimed at investigating the turbulent two-phase flow and the bubble size
distribution (BSD) in aerated stirred tanks by experiments and computational fluid dynamics …

Study on hydrodynamics characteristics in a gas-liquid stirred tank with a self-similarity impeller based on CFD-PBM coupled model

D Gu, L Wen, H Xu, M Ye - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background In general, radial impeller has been the most widely employed for the gas-liquid
mixing process in the stirred tank. However, gas cavities are easy to form behind the …

Modelling and simulation of gas–liquid hydrodynamics in mechanically stirred tanks

F Scargiali, A D'Orazio, F Grisafi, A Brucato - … Engineering Research and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Computational fuid dynamics (CFD) is an increasingly important tool for carrying out realistic
simulations of process equipment. In the case of multiphase systems the development of …

[HTML][HTML] CFD modeling of hydrodynamic characteristics of a gas–liquid two-phase stirred tank

H Wang, X Jia, X Wang, Z Zhou, J Wen… - Applied Mathematical …, 2014 - Elsevier
A three-dimensional CFD model was developed in this work to simulate hydrodynamic
characteristics of a gas–liquid two-phase stirred tank with two six-bladed turbines and four …

CFD simulation and PIV measurement of the flow field generated by modified pitched blade turbine impellers

CY Ge, JJ Wang, XP Gu, LF Feng - Chemical Engineering Research and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The hydrodynamics generated by modified pitched blade turbine (m-PBT) impellers with
down-pumping mode were systematically investigated through particle image velocimetry …

Positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) compared to particle image velocimetry (PIV) for studying the flow generated by a pitched-blade turbine in single phase and …

P Pianko-Oprych, AW Nienow, M Barigou - Chemical Engineering Science, 2009 - Elsevier
Positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) is a new technique allowing the quantitative study
of flow phenomena in three dimensions in opaque systems that cannot be studied by …

CFD simulation of mixing in tall gas–liquid stirred vessel: Role of local flow patterns

AR Khopkar, GR Kasat, AB Pandit… - Chemical Engineering …, 2006 - Elsevier
In this work, we have used the computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-based models to
investigate the gas–liquid flows generated by three down-pumping pitched blade turbines. A …