Similitude analysis for gas-liquid-fiber flows in cocurrent bubble columns

2006 ASME Joint U.S.-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tang, Chengzhi ^a   Heindel, Theodore J ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); FIBERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

COCURRENT BUBBLE COLUMNS; GAS HOLDUP; GAS LIQUID FIBER FLOWS; SOLID MATERIALS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 33845735998     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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