Gas-liquid-fiber flow in a cocurrent bubble column

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2665-2674

  Tang, Chengzhi ^a   Heindel, Theodore J ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Cellulose fiber; Drift flux; Gas holdup; Hydrodynamics; Multiphase flow

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE FIBERS; DRIFT FLUX; GAS HOLDUP; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMN; FLOW VELOCITY; HOLD-UP; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 23344437389     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10496     Document Type: Article

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