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The numerical computation of the flow field in stirred tank reactors has received attention since the beginning of the 1980’s, starting with Harvey (1980) and Harvey and Greaves (1982). Most times computations are limited to single-phase flow. Reviews of the work done on these single-phase computations have been given by Ranade and Joshi (1990) and Ranade et al. (1989). Stirred vessels are generally used for multiphase mixing but full computation of the flow field of a liquid phase in which a gas is dispersed is not yet possible. This is partly due to a lack of knowledge of bubble dynamics and the influence of bubbles on the turbulence structure, and partly due to computational limitations.
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Bakker, A., van den Akker, H.E.A. (1992). A Computational Study on Dispersing Gas in a Stirred Reactor. In: King, R. (eds) Fluid Mechanics of Mixing. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7973-5_5
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