Dynamic flow behaviour in bubble columns

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 4929-4935

  Becker, S ^a   De Bie, H ^a   Sweeney, J ^a  

^a PRAXAIR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Flow dynamics; Gas liquid flow; Hydrodynamics; Laser Doppler anemometry

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; TURBULENT FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW;

DYNAMIC FLOW MODEL; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE DISTILLATION COLUMN; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETER;

EID: 0033231898     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00214-6     Document Type: Article

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