Two- and three-phase flows in bubble columns: numerical predictions and measurements

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2284-2292

  Mitra Majumdar, D ^a   Farouk, B ^a   Shah, Y T ^b   Macken, N ^c   Oh, Y K ^d  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Chosun Univerisity   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; FERMENTATION; HYDROGENATION; REACTOR;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; SLURRIES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

PHASE HOLDUPS; SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE DISTILLATION COLUMN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 0032102717     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie980022i     Document Type: Article

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