Effect of antifoam agents on bubble characteristics in bubble columns based on acoustic sound measurements

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3610-3622

  Al Masry, Waheed A ^a   Ali, Emad M ^a   Aqeel, Yehya M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Bubble column; Bubble size; Damping ratio; Gas holdup

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BUBBLE COLUMNS; CHEMICALS; DAMPING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SOLUTIONS;

ACOUSTIC; BUBBLE COLUMN; BUBBLE SIZE; DAMPING RATIO; GAS HOLDUP;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHEMICALS; DAMPING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 33645507754     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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