Local gas holdup and mass transfer in a bubble column using an ultrasonic technique and a neural network

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 37, Issue 8 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 927-932

  Supardan, Muhammad Dani ^a   Masuda, Yoshifumi ^a   Maezawa, Akinori ^a   Uchida, Shigeo ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Gas holdup; Mass transfer coefficient; Neural network; Ultrasonic technique

Indexed keywords

GAS HOLDERS; MASS TRANSFER; NEURAL NETWORKS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; ULTRASONICS;

ENERGY ATTENUATION; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NEURAL NETWORK RECONSTRUCTION; TIME SHIFT DIFFERENCE;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMN; MASS TRANSFER; NEURAL NETWORK; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 6044230878     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.37.927     Document Type: Article

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