Experimental and numerical studies of void fraction distribution in rectangular bubble columns

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 237, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-408

  Krepper, Eckhard ^a   Reddy Vanga, Brahma Nanda ^c   Zaruba, Alexandr ^a   Prasser, Horst Michael ^b   Lopez de Bertodano, Martin A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE;

PROCESS FLOWS; RECIRCULATING FLOW; RECTANGULAR BUBBLE COLUMNS; VOID FRACTION DISTRIBUTION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 33846421963     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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