Prediction of pressure drop in a modified gas-liquid downflow bubble column

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4060-4070

  Majumder, Subrata Kumar ^a   Kundu, Gautam ^a   Mukherjee, Dibyendu ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Downflow; Form drag; Friction factor; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; DRAG; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRICTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DOWNFLOW; DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS; FORM DRAG; FRICTION FACTOR;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; DISPERSIONS; DRAG; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRICTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33646153999     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.01.049     Document Type: Article

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