Liquid velocity field in a bubble column: LDA experiments

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 21-22, 1997, Pages 4217-4224

  Mudde, R F ^a   Groen, J S ^a   Van Den Akker, H E A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bubble column; LDA; Turbulence; Vortical structures

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

REYNOLDS STRESSES;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE DISTILLATION COLUMN; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETER; LIQUID; VELOCITY PROFILE;

BUBBLES; REYNOLDS STRESSES; VELOCITY PROFILES;

EID: 0031278395     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)88935-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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