Diagnosis of bubble distribution and mass transfer in pressurized bubble columns with viscous liquid medium

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 4887-4893

  Kang, Y ^a   Cho, Y J ^a   Woo, K J ^a   Kim, S D ^b  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bubble distribution; Chaos analysis; Gas holdup; Mass transfer; Pressurized bubble columns; Viscous liquid

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; GASES; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TRANSITION FLOW; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

BUBBLE DISTRIBUTION; GAS HOLDUP;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE DISTILLATION COLUMN; BUBBLY FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; VISCOUS FLUID;

EID: 0033231825     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00209-2     Document Type: Article

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