Characterization of bubble column hydrodynamics with local measurements

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 4895-4902

  Lefebvre, Sylvain ^a   Guy, Christophe ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; Liquid mixing; Liquid velocity distribution

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MIXING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BUBBLE VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL PULSE ANEMOMETRY;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE DISTILLATION COLUMN; HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033231741     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00210-9     Document Type: Article

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