Effect of fiber type on gas holdup in a cocurrent air-water-fiber bubble column

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-30

  Tang, Chengzhi ^a   Heindel, Theodore J ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Fiber suspension; Gas holdup; Hydrodynamics; Multiphase flow

Indexed keywords

AIR; BLEACHING; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FIBERS; HARDWOODS; SOFTWOODS; WATER;

AIR-WATER-FIBER BUBBLES; CHEMITHERMOMECHANICAL PULP (BCTMP);

GASES;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

AIR; BLEACH; FIBER LENGTH; GAS; HARDWOODS; SOFTWOODS; WATER;

EID: 23344453128     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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