Pressure drop and bubble-liquid interfacial shear stress in a modified gas non-Newtonian liquid downflow bubble column

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2482-2490

  Majumder, Subrata Kumar ^a   Kundu, Gautam ^b   Mukherjee, Dibyendu ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Downflow bubble column; Friction factor; Interfacial shear stress; Non Newtonian fluid; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAG; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PRESSURE DROP; SHEAR STRESS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DOWNFLOW BUBBLE COLUMN; FRICTION FACTOR; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRESS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAG; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PRESSURE DROP; SHEAR STRESS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33947661871     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.01.074     Document Type: Article

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