Rise velocity of a swarm of large gas bubbles in liquids

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-183

  Krishna, R ^a   Urseanu, M I ^a   Van Baten, J M ^a   Ellenberger, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; Bubble rise velocity; Churn turbulent flow regime; Column diameter influence; Large bubbles; Volume of fluid simulations; Wake acceleration effects; Wall effect

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY; WAKES; WALL FLOW;

CHURN TURBULENT FLOW REGIME; COLUMN DIAMETER INFLUENCE; GAS BUBBLES; RISE VELOCITY; VOLUME OF FLUID SIMULATIONS; WAKE ACCELERATION EFFECTS; WALL EFFECT;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

BUBBLE DISTILLATION COLUMN; BUBBLE VELOCITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0033005324     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00245-0     Document Type: Article

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