Hydrodynamics of gas-liquid Taylor flow and liquid-solid mass transfer in mini channels: Theory and experiment

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 176-177, Issue , 2011, Pages 57-64

  Abiev, R Sh ^a   Lavretsov, I V ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dynamic gas hold up; Gas bubble velocity; Hydrodynamics; Liquid solid mass transfer; Mini channels; Taylor flow; Void fraction

Indexed keywords

GAS BUBBLE VELOCITY; GAS HOLD UP; LIQUID-SOLID MASS TRANSFER; MINI CHANNELS; TAYLOR FLOW;

GLYCEROL; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VOID FRACTION;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 81555214404     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.03.107     Document Type: Article

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