Countercurrent gas/liquid flow and mixing: Implications for water disinfection

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-184

  Bartrand, Timothy A ^a   Farouk, Bakhtier ^a   Haas, Charles N ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble column; CFD; Countercurrent; Dispersion

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISINFECTION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON TUBE DIODES; FLUID DYNAMICS; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; SPHERES;

AQUEOUS PHASE; BENCH SCALES; BUBBLE REGIMES; CFD; CFD MODELS; COLUMN REACTORS; COUNTERCURRENT; COUNTERCURRENT FLOWS; DISPERSED FLOWS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONS; GAIN INSIGHTS; GAS FLOWS; GLASS SPHERES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; SCALE-UP; WATER DISINFECTIONS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 58049167758     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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