Dispersion during bubble-train flow in capillaries

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-76

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

^a The University of Alabama in Huntsville   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble train flow; Capillaries; Mass transfer

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOW PATTERNS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BUBBLE-TRAIN FLOW;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

BUBBLE; CAPILLARY; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 0033051447     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00240-1     Document Type: Article

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