Effect of solids on homogeneous-heterogeneous flow regime transition in bubble columns

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 6013-6026

  Mena, P C ^a,b   Ruzicka, M C ^b   Rocha, F A ^a   Teixeira, J A ^c   Drahos J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Flow regimes; Regime transition; Solids; Stability

Indexed keywords

AIR; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUXES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STABILITY; WATER;

BUBBLE COLUMN; CALCIUM ALGINATE BEADS; DISTILLED WATER; DRIFT FLUX MODELS; GAS FLOW RATES;

GASES;

BUBBLE COLUMN; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 22744442091     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.04.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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