Hydrodynamics and mass transfer in bubble column: Influence of liquid phase surface tension

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 7378-7390

  Chaumat, H ^a   Billet, A M ^a   Delmas, H ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Bubbling regime; Hydrodynamics; Mass transfer; Multiphase flow; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE TENSION;

BUBBLING REGIME; LOWER GAS VELOCITY; SURFACE TENSION EFFECTS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 36148956143     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.08.077     Document Type: Article

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