Artificial neural networks modeling of ozone bubble columns: Mass transfer coefficient, gas hold-up, and bubble size

Ozone: Science and Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 343-352

  Baawain, Mahad S ^a   El Din, Mohamed Gamal ^b   Smith, Daniel W ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial Neural Networks; Bubble Columns; Bubble Size; Gas Hold up; Local Mass Transfer Coefficient; Modeling; Overall Mass Transfer Coefficient; Ozone; Sauter Mean Bubble Diameter

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OZONE;

BUBBLE SIZE; GAS HOLD-UP; LOCAL MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; OVERALL MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; SAUTER MEAN BUBBLE DIAMETER;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 35648974837     PISSN: 01919512     EISSN: 15476545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01919510701549236     Document Type: Article

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