Performance of an air-lift pump for conveying coarse particles

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 223-238

  Yoshinaga, T ^a   Sato, Y ^b  

^a NISHINIPPON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air lift pump; Coarse particles; Three phase flow; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

AIR; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PERFORMANCE; TWO PHASE FLOW;

AIR LIFT PUMP; COARSE PARTICLES; MOMENTUM EQUATION; PARTICLE DIAMETER; SUBMERGENCE RATIO; THREE PHASE FLOW; UPRISER DIAMETER;

PUMPS;

COARSE; PARTICLES; PUMPS-AIRLIFT;

EID: 0029673591     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9322(95)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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