Energy losses due to large bubbles beneath spargers in circulating bubble columns

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-112

  Lee, Y H ^a   Scott, D M ^a   Thorpe, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air sparger; Circulating bubble column; Energy losses; Fermenter; Slug bubble; Two phase downflow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE; BUBBLE DISTILLATION COLUMN; ENERGY; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0033600954     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00310-3     Document Type: Article

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