Air injection in water with different nozzles

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 283-294

  Neto, Iran E Lima ^b   Zhu, David Z ^a,b   Rajaratnam, Nallamuthu ^a,b  

^a ASCE ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeration; Air injection; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOW STRUCTURE; NOZZLES; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER AERATION; WATER TANKS;

AIR INJECTION; POROUS AIRSTONE;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FLOW STRUCTURE; NOZZLES; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER AERATION; WATER TANKS;

BUBBLE; CORRELATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW FIELD; FLOW STRUCTURE; KINETIC ENERGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 40849098773     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2008)134:4(283)     Document Type: Article

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