Rise of Taylor bubbles through narrow rectangular channels

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 326-332

  Bhusan, S ^a   Ghosh, S ^a   Das, G ^a   Das, P K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Inclination; Orientation; Rectangular narrow channel; Rise velocity; Taylor bubble; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE RISE VELOCITY; CHANNEL ORIENTATIONS; HORIZONTAL PLANES; MOVING LIQUIDS; NARROW CHANNEL; NARROW RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; NON-CIRCULAR; NON-CIRCULAR GEOMETRIES; PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDING; PROPAGATION VELOCITIES; RISE VELOCITY; TAYLOR BUBBLES; VERTICAL PLANE; VERTICAL POSITIONS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

VELOCITY;

EID: 74149095083     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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