Theoretical study on effect of operating parameters on mass transfer in bubbly flow

Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-170

  Singh, Manoj Kumar ^a   Majumder, Subrata Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

BCR; Bubble column; Bubble diameter; Flow; Mass transfer model; MATLAB software

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954673971     PISSN: 1816949X     EISSN: 18187803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jeasci.2010.163.170     Document Type: Article

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