Measurement of gas holdup profiles in a gas liquid cocurrent bubble column using electrical resistance tomography

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 191-196

  Jin, Haibo ^a   Yang, Suohe ^a   Wang, Mi ^b   Williams, R A ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ERT; Gas liquid cocurrent bubble column; Radial gas holdup profile

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; FLOW VELOCITY; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE METHOD; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; GAS HOLDUP;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOW VELOCITY; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 35348900747     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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