Experimental determination of the drag coefficient in a swarm of bubbles

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 858-866

  Simonnet, M ^a   Gentric, C ^a   Olmos, E ^a   Midoux, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Bubble; Bubble columns; Drag formulation; Hydrodynamics; Local void fraction; Multiphase flow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; DRAG; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAKES;

BUBBLE DIAMETERS; DRAG FORMULATION; LOCAL VOID FRACTION;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DRAG; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAKES;

EID: 33845461143     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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