A combined multifluid-population balance model for vertical gas-liquid bubble-driven flows considering bubble column operating conditions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1786-1798

  Nayak, A K ^a   Borka, Z ^a   Patruno, L E ^a   Sporleder, F ^a   Dorao, C A ^a   Jakobsen, H A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; BREAKAGE KERNEL; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CONTACT AREAS; DENSITY FUNCTIONS; DISPERSE PHASE; DISPERSE PHASE VELOCITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLUID PARTICLES; GAS LIQUIDS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; INTERNAL COORDINATES; MECHANISTIC KERNELS; MODEL PREDICTION; MODEL VALIDATION; MODEL-BASED; MODELING APPROACH; MODELING CONCEPTS; MODELING FRAMEWORKS; MOMENTUM FLUX; MULTI-FLUIDS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMAL OPERATION; PARAMETER FITTING; POPULATION BALANCE MODELS; POST-PROCESSING PROCEDURE; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; SAUTER MEAN DIAMETERS; TRANSFER FLUX; TRANSPORT EQUATION;

BUBBLE FORMATION; COALESCENCE; FORECASTING; VOID FRACTION;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 79952785950     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie101664w     Document Type: Article

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