Uniform flow in bubble columns

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 148-150

  Mudde, R F ^a   Harteveld, W K ^a,b   Van Den Akker, H E A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; GASES; GLASS FIBERS; NEEDLES; OPTICAL GLASS; STABILITY; VELOCITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BUBBLE INJECTIONS; BUBBLE SIZES; BUBBLY FLOWS; CRITICAL VALUES; FRESH WATERS; GAS FRACTIONS; HOMOGENEOUS FLOWS; LASER-DOPPLER ANEMOMETRIES; LIFT FORCES; LIQUID AXIAL VELOCITIES; OLD WATERS; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; UNIFORM FLOWS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 61649105069     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie8000748     Document Type: Article

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