A gas holdup model for cocurrent air-water-fiber bubble columns

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3299-3312

  Tang, Chengzhi ^a   Heindel, Theodore J ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; Drift flux model; Gas holdup; Hydrodynamics; Multiphase flow; Slurries

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; SLURRIES; VELOCITY;

DRIFT-FLUX MODEL; GAS HOLDUP; MASS FRACTION; MODEL COEFFICIENTS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; SLURRIES; VELOCITY;

EID: 33644980613     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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