Local bubble size distributions, gas-liquid interfacial areas and gas holdups in a stirred vessel with particle image velocimetry

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-47

  Laakkonen, Marko ^a   Honkanen, Markus ^b   Saarenrinne, Pentti ^b   Aittamaa, Juhani ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agitation; Bubble size distribution; Gas holdup; Interfacial area; Particle image velocimetry

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIQUIDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE VESSELS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS (BSD); BUTANOL SYSTEMS; DEPTH OF FIELD (DOF); PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV);

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 18844452896     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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