Experimental study of gas-induced liquid-flow structures in bubble columns

AIChE Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1913-1931

  Degaleesan, S ^a,b   Dudukovic, M ^a   Pan, Y ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SHELL OIL COMPANY   (United States)

^c Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; RADIOACTIVITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE;

SUPERFICIAL GASES;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

WATER;

BUBBLE COLUMN; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

AIR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANEMOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTATION; FILM; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; GAS; GAS FLOW; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; RADIOACTIVITY; STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0035442486     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690470904     Document Type: Article

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