Prediction of gas holdup in bubble columns using artificial neural network

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 162-165

  Wu, Yuanxin ^a   Luo, Xianghua ^a   Chen, Qiming ^a   Li, Dinghuo ^a   Li, Shirong ^a   Al Dahhan, M H ^b   Dudukovic, M P ^b  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Bubble column; Correlations; Gas holdup

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; GAS HOLDUP; PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACHES;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMN; GAS; HOLD-UP; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEURAL NETWORK;

EID: 0042634399     PISSN: 10049541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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