Liquid mixing based on convection and turbulent dispersion in bubble columns

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1967-1976

  Degaleesan, S ^a   Roy, S ^a   Kumar, S B ^a   Dudukovic M P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; TURBULENCE;

AXIAL DISPERSION MODEL; COMPUTER AUTOMATED RADIOACTIVE PARTICLE TRACKING; CONVECTIVE RECIRCULATION; LOCAL LIQUID VELOCITIES; RECYCLE WITH CROSS FLOW MODEL; TURBULENT DISPERSION; TURBULENT EDDY DIFFUSIVITY; VOID FRACTION DISTRIBUTION;

MIXING;

CONVECTION; DISPERSION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS-BUBBLE; LIQUID/LIQUID; MIXING; TURBULENT;

EID: 0030131407     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00054-1     Document Type: Article

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