Experimental and CFD Simulation of a Bubble Column

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The numerical simulation in fluid mechanics has large application in chemical engineering. The objective of the present work is the analyze of a computational model for the fluid dynamics behaviour of a bubble column of the geometry cylindrical non regular with multiphase mixture. Experimental data and CFD results of the hydrodynamics of gaseous and liquid phases have been compared. Five different diameters of bubbles have been used in the CFD simulations. The comparisons between CFD simulations and experimental data show that the Eulerian-Eulerian approach provides a computational model that represents the process satisfactorily.

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Materials Science Forum (Volumes 727-728)

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1824-1829

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August 2012

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