Population balance modeling of bubble size distributions in a direct-contact evaporator using a sparger model

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2363-2377

  Ribeiro Jr , Cláudio P ^a   Lage, Paulo L C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bubble; Dispersion; Evaporation; Multiphase flow; Population balance; Sparger modeling

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLE FORMATION; COALESCENCE; DROP BREAKUP; EVAPORATORS; ISOTHERMS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BUBBLE FREQUENCIES; BUBBLE MASS; GAS SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATOR; MODELING; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 2442539224     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.01.060     Document Type: Article

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