Liquid circulation, bubble size distributions, and solids movement in two- and three-phase bubble columns

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1703-1713

  Grevskott, S ^a   Sannaes B H ^a   Dudukovic M P ^a,b   Hjarbo, K W ^a,c   Svendsen, H F ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 & 3 PHASE; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCULATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS-BUBBLE; LIQUID;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SIZE DETERMINATION; SLURRIES; STRESSES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; FIVE POINT CONDUCTIVITY PROBE METHOD; LIQUID CIRCULATION; SECONDARY CELL STRUCTURES; SOLIDS MOVEMENT; STEADY STATE HEAT TRACER TECHNIQUE; THREE PHASE SLURRY REACTORS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 0030131419     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00029-2     Document Type: Article

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