Identification of flow regimes in a flat gas-liquid bubble column via wavelet transform

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 382-388

  Olmos, Eric ^a   Gentric, Caroline ^a   Midoux, Noël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Flow regimes; Flow structures; LDA; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

FLOW REGIMES; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY (LDA);

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

BUBBLE COLUMN; FLOW REGIME RELATIONS; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GAS ANALYSIS; LASER FLOWMETER; LIQUID; PHASE TRANSITION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

EID: 2942667705     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450810307     Document Type: Conference Paper

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