Heat transfer study in a pilot-plant scale bubble column

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-84

  Abdulmohsin, Rahman S ^a   Abid, Balasim A ^b   Al Dahhan, Muthanna H ^a  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Axial location; Bubble columns; Flow regime; Heat transfer coefficient; Pilot plant scale; Radial profile

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER SYSTEM; AXIAL LOCATIONS; AXIAL VARIATIONS; BED HEIGHT; FLOW REGIMES; FLOW REGIONS; PILOT PLANT SCALE; RADIAL PROFILES; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; TIME-AVERAGED; TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; WALL REGION;

BUBBLE FORMATION; FLOW OF WATER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 78651508213     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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