Effect of perforated plate open area on gas holdup in rayon fiber suspensions

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 816-823

  Su, Xuefeng ^a   Heindel, Theodore J ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aeration; Bubble Column; Drift Flux; Fiber Suspension; Flow Regime; Gas Holdup

Indexed keywords

AERATION PLATES; FIBER SUSPENSIONS; GAS HOLDUP; OPEN-AREA RATIOS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; CONFINED FLOW; PERFORATING; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WATER AERATION;

RAYON FABRICS;

AERATION; BUBBLES; DISPERSIONS; PERFORATION PLATES; RAYON; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 24344451996     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1994878     Document Type: Conference Paper

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