Identification of flow regimes and transition points in a bubble column through analysis of differential pressure signal - Influence of the coalescence behavior of the liquid phase

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 214-223

  Gourich, Bouchaib ^a,d   Vial, Christophe ^b   Essadki, Abdel Hafid ^a   Allam, Fouad ^a   Soulami, Mohammed Belhaj ^c   Ziyad, Mahfud ^d  

^a Ecole Superieur de Technologie   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Procédés et Environnement   (Morocco)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Differential pressure; Flow regime; Hydrodynamics; Liquid phase properties; Pressure fluctuations

Indexed keywords

AIR; ALCOHOLS; COALESCENCE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTALS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; WATER;

DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE; FLOW REGIMES; LIQUID PHASE PROPERTIES; PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMN; COALESCENCE; FLOW REGIME RELATIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION;

EID: 27844607323     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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