Gas disengagement technique in a slurry bubble column operated in the coalesced bubble regime

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 1999, Pages 2227-2236

  Lee, D J ^a   Luo, X ^a   Fan, L S ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimodal bubble size distribution; Bubble column; Gas disengagement technique; Particle image velocimetry; PIV; Slurry bubble column

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GASES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SLURRIES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BIMODAL BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GAS DISENGAGEMENT TECHNIQUE; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMN;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE DISTILLATION COLUMN; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY;

EID: 0033166332     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00389-3     Document Type: Article

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