Measurements of the size, rise velocity, and specific interfacial area of bubbles in an impinging-jet bubble column

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-138

  El Din, Mohamed Gamal ^a   Smith, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bubble; Bubble column; Doppler; Gas hold up; Impinging jet; Interfacial area; Laser; Phase; Size

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748971098     PISSN: 14962551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/S03-009     Document Type: Article

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