Experimental study of the transition between unsteady flow regimes in a partially aerated two-dimensional bubble column

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 47, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1867-1876

  Díaz, M Elena ^a   Montes, Francisco J ^a   Galán, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; Hydrodynamics; Pressure fluctuations; Unsteady flow; Vortical flow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; VORTEX FLOW;

DISPERSED BUBBLE VORTICAL FLOW (DBVF); PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS;

UNSTEADY FLOW;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 44949249060     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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