Flow patterns in liquid slugs during bubble-train flow inside capillaries

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2947-2962

  Thulasidas, T C ^a   Abraham, M A ^a   Cerro, R L ^a  

^a The University of Tulsa Tulsa   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass transfer; Mixing; Monolith froth reactor

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TUBES; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BUBBLE-TRAIN FLOW; MONOLITHIC FROTH REACTORS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

BUBBLES; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; SLUGS;

EID: 0031239652     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00114-0     Document Type: Article

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