Computed tomographic investigation of the influence of gas sparger design on gas holdup distribution in a bubble column

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-68

  Ong, B C ^a   Gupta, P ^a   Youssef, A ^a   Al Dahhan, M ^a   Dudukovic M P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER SYSTEMS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; FLOW REGIMES; GAS HOLD-UP; GAS HOLD-UP DISTRIBUTIONS; OPERATING PRESSURES; PERFORATED PLATES; RADIAL PROFILES; SINGLE NOZZLES; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; TOMOGRAPHIC;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLE FORMATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TOMOGRAPHY;

GASES;

EID: 61649085397     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800516s     Document Type: Article

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