Hydrodynamics of gas-liquid flow in 2D packed/unpacked rectangular reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 5127-5137

  Spicka, Peter ^a   Martins, António A ^a   Dias, Madalena M ^a   Lopes, José Carlos B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

2D reactor; Image processing; LDV; Pressure fluctuations; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHEMICAL REACTORS; CONTACT ANGLE; FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

BUBBLE SIZE; LASER VELOCIMETRY; PRESSURE DROP DYNAMICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL REACTORS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; PACKING; REACTOR;

EID: 0033232010     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00266-3     Document Type: Article

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