Bubble size distribution for a bubble column reactor undergoing forced oscillations

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1786-1796

  Waghmare, Y G ^a,d   Dorao, C A ^b   Jakobsen, H A ^c   Knopf, F Carl ^a   Rice, R G ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d Bend Research Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER SYSTEMS; BREAKAGE MODELS; BUBBLE BREAKAGES; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS; BUBBLE DIAMETERS; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; COLUMN PERFORMANCE; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; DISTRIBUTION CURVES; EQUAL SIZES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; FORCED OSCILLATIONS; GAS-FLOW RATES; LOW AMPLITUDES; LOW FREQUENCIES; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OSCILLATING BUBBLES; PER UNITS; POPULATION BALANCE MODELING; POWER INPUTS; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENTS; SAUTER MEAN DIAMETERS; SIMULATION RESULTS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLE FORMATION; COMBUSTORS; MOTION ESTIMATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

EID: 61849152337     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie801375h     Document Type: Article

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