Large and small bubble interaction patterns in a bubble column

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-132

  Tsuchiya, K ^a   Ohsaki, K ^a   Taguchi, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bubble breakup; Bubble hole; Cap bubble interaction; Necking; Pinching off; Shape distortion

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES; DISTILLATION COLUMNS-BUBBLE; INTERACTIONS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DROP BREAKUP; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LIQUIDS; STABILITY; WAKES;

BUBBLE BREAKUP; BUBBLE HOLE; BUBBLE INTERACTIONS; NECKING; PINCHING; SHAPE DISTORTION;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 0030072184     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9322(95)00052-6     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Deckwer, W.-D. & Schumpe, A. 1993 Improved tools for bubble column reactor design and scale-up. Chem. Engng Sci. 48, 889-911.
2. Fan, L.-S. & Tsuchiya, K. 1990 Bubble Wake Dynamics in Liquids and Liquid-Solid Suspensions. Butterworth-Heinemann, Stoneham.
3. Hills, J. H. 1975 The rise of a large bubble through a swarm of smaller ones. Trans. Instn Chem. Engrs 53, 224-233.
4. Hills, J. H. & Darton, R. C. 1976 The rising velocity of a large bubble in a bubble swarm. Trans. Instn Chem. Engrs 54, 258-264.
5. Lisseter, P. E. & Fowler, A. C. 1992 Bubbly flow - II. Modelling void fraction waves. Int. J. Multiphase Flow 18, 205-215.
6. Marks, C. H. 1973 Measurements of the terminal velocity of bubbles rising in a chain. Trans. ASME, J. Fluid Engng 95, 17-22.
7. Maxworthy, T. 1986 Bubble formation, motion and interaction in a Hele-Shaw cell. J. Fluid Mech. 173, 95-114.
8. Miyahara, T. & Fan, L.-S. 1992 Properties of a large bubble in a bubble swarm in a three-phase fluidized bed. J. Chem. Engng Jpn 25, 378-382.
9. Miyahara, T., Tsuchiya, K. & Fan, L.-S. 1991 Effect of turbulent wake on bubble-bubble interaction in a gas-liquid-solid fluidized bed. Chem. Engng Sci. 46, 2368-2373.
10. Ohsaki, K. & Tsuchiya, K. 1994 Effects of liquid properties on the characteristics of bubble-depleted region above a large bubble. Paper (J103), Soc. Chem. Engng Japan Autumn Meeting, Nagoya, 27-29 September.
11. Tsuchiya, K., Miyahara, T. & Fan, L.-S. 1989 Visualization of bubble-wake interactions for a stream of bubbles in a two-dimensional liquid-solid fluidized bed. Int. J. Multiphase Flow 15, 35-49.
12. Tsuchiya, K., Ohsaki, K. & Taguchi, K. 1995 The extent of the bubble-depleted region in the frontal vicinity of a large cap bubble rising in a bubble swarm. Int. J. Multiphase Flow 21, 305-313.