Mechanisms of in-line coalescence of two-unequal bubbles in a non-Newtonian fluid

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 750-756

  Lin, Tsao Jen ^a   Lin, Gen Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bubble coalescence; Non Newtonian fluid; Particle image analyzer; Visualization

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COALESCENCE; DEMINERALIZED WATER; DRAGGING FORCES; DRAINAGE FLOWS; DYNAMIC FLOWS; FULL-FIELD MEASUREMENT; IN-LINE; INSTANTANEOUS FLOW; MUTUAL INTERACTION; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PARTICLE IMAGES; PUSHING FORCES; SHEAR-THINNING EFFECTS; SINGLE BUBBLES; TIME LAG; TRAILING BUBBLES; VISCOELASTIC EFFECTS;

AIR; BUBBLE COLUMNS; COALESCENCE; FLOCCULATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOUS FLOW;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

EID: 71649093209     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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