On the measurement of local gas hold-up and interfacial area in gas-liquid contactors via light sheet and image analysis

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3699-3708

  Busciglio, A ^a   Grisafi, F ^a   Scargiali, F ^a   Brucato, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Imaging; Local gas hold up; Mathematical modelling; Mixing; Multiphase flow; Specific interfacial area

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; BUBBLE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; FLOW QUANTITIES; GAS HOLD UP; GAS-LIQUID CONTACTORS; IMAGE PROCESSING TOOLS; INTERFACIAL AREAS; LASER SHEETS; LIGHT SHEET; LOCAL GAS HOLD-UP; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MEASURED PARAMETERS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY TECHNIQUE; SPECIFIC INTERFACIAL AREA;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

GASES;

EID: 77951137609     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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