Influence of aspect ratio and superficial gas velocity on the evolution of unsteady flow structures and flow transitions in a rectangular two-dimensional bubble column

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 7301-7312

  Elena Diaz M ^a   Montes, Francisco J ^a   Galán, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; OSCILLATIONS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

BUBBLE PLUMES; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITY; UNSTEADY FLOW STRUCTURES; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

ASPECT RATIO; BUBBLE COLUMNS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; OSCILLATIONS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33750335759     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie060466b     Document Type: Article

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