Bubble breakup and coalescence in a plunging liquid jet bubble column

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 519-527

  Atkinson, Bruce W ^a   Jameson, Graeme J ^a   Nguyen, Anh V ^a   Evans, Geoffrey M ^a   Machniewski, Piotr M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bubble breakup; Bubble size distribution; Coalescence; Plunging liquid jet bubble column

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; COALESCENCE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCIES; JETS;

BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; WEBER NUMBER ANALYSIS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

BUBBLE COLUMN; COALESCENCE; JET; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY; FLOW RATE; GAS; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY; REACTOR; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 2942656802     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450810325     Document Type: Conference Paper

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