Quantitative analysis and computation of two-dimensional bubble columns

AIChE Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 301-318

  Lin, T J ^a   Reese, J ^a   Hong, T ^a   Fan, L S ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; FLOW REGIMES; HYDRODYNAMICS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CALCULATIONS; COALESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

BUBBLE INJECTORS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 0030072126     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690420202     Document Type: Article

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