Characterization of a gas-liquid OBC: Bubble size and gas holdup

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3019-3033

  Oliveira, Mónica S N ^a   Ni, Xiong Wei ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bubble breakage; Bubble size; Gas holdup; Hydrodynamics; Oscillatory baffled column; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DISPERSION (WAVES); TURBULENCE;

BUBBLE BREAKAGE; BUBBLE SIZE; FLUID OSCILLATION; ISOTROPIC TRUBULENCE;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

POLITEF;

BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; OSCILLATORY BAFFLED COLUMN; VORTICITY;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX MOTION;

EID: 10844275579     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10282     Document Type: Article

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