Drift flux modelling fora two-phase system in a flotation column

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-176

  Vandenberghe, Jessica ^a   Choung, Jaewon ^a   Xu, Zhenghe ^a   Masliyah, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; Drift flux model; Flotation; Gas holdup

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VOLUME FRACTION;

BUBBLE SIZE; DRIFT FLUX MODELLING; FLOTATION COLUMNS; TERMINAL VELOCITY;

FROTH FLOTATION;

FLOTATION COLUMN;

EID: 22144492927     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450830203     Document Type: Article

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