Bubble size estimation in slurry bubble columns from pressure fluctuations

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1924-1937

  Chilekar, V P ^a,b   Warnier, M J F ^a   Van Der Schaaf, J ^a   Kuster, B F M ^a   Schouten, J C ^a   Van Ommen, J R ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bubble size; Fourier analysis; Incoherent standard deviation; Pressure fluctuations; Slurry bubble column

Indexed keywords

AIR; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WATER;

BUBBLE SIZE ESTIMATION; FLOW STABILITY; PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMN; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE; SLURRY;

EID: 24944517431     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10427     Document Type: Conference Paper

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