Measurement of gas phase characteristics using a monofibre optical probe in a three-phase flow

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4100-4115

  Mena, P C ^a,c   Rocha, F A ^a   Teixeira, J A ^b   Sechet, P ^c   Cartellier, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Bubble rise velocity; Gas holdup; Optical probe; Solids

Indexed keywords

FLUIDS; GAS DYNAMICS; LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLIDS; STEEL STRUCTURES; TWO PHASE FLOW; VOID FRACTION;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; ELSEVIER (CO); GAS FLOW RATES; GAS PHASE; GAS PHASE VELOCITIES; GAS RESIDENCE; GAS-LIQUID-SOLID (GLS); GLOBAL BEHAVIOUR; GLOBAL OBSERVATION; HOMOGENEOUS REGIME; INTERFACIAL AREA (IA); LOCAL INFORMATION; OPTICAL PROBING; PHASE GAS; PROBE SIGNALS; PROBE TIPS; PROFILE MEASUREMENTS; RELIABLE MEASUREMENTS; RESIDENCE TIME (RT); SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENTS; SOFT SOLIDS; SOLID LOADINGS; THREE PHASE FLOWS; TRANSITION (JEL CLASSIFICATIONS:E52 ,E41 ,E31);

GASES;

EID: 47849103784     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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