Understanding gas-phase hydrodynamics in bubble columns: A convective model based on kinetic theory

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-77

  Hyndman, Caroline L ^a,b   Larachi, Faïçal ^a   Guy, Christophe ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; disengagement; hydrodynamics; kinetic theory

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

CHURN TURBULENT REGIME; DYNAMIC GAS DISENGAGEMENT (DGD); GAS HOLDUP; GAS PHASE HYDRODYNAMICS; TRANSITION POINT BUBBLE VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; TRANSITION ZONE;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

CONVECTION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS-BUBBLE; HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030617386     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(96)00387-9     Document Type: Article

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