Statistical tool combined with image analysis to characterize hydrodynamics and mass transfer in a bubble column

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 180, Issue , 2012, Pages 216-228

  Ferreira, A ^a,b   Pereira, G ^b   Teixeira, J A ^a   Rocha, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Hydrodynamics; Image analysis; Mass transfer; Multiphase reactors

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION; BUBBLE SIZE; DISCRIMINANT FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; ISOLATED BUBBLES; LIQUID PHASE PROPERTIES; LIQUID PROPERTIES; LIQUID-SIDE MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MANUAL CLASSIFICATION; MEDIUM COMPLEXITY; MORPHOLOGY DISTRIBUTIONS; MULTI PHASE SYSTEMS; MULTI-PHASE REACTOR; PARTICLES SIZES; PERFORMANCE INDICES; SINGLE BUBBLES; SPECIFIC INTERFACIAL AREA; STATISTICAL TOOLS;

AUTOMATION; BUBBLE COLUMNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; SURFACE TENSION;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84455202506     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.09.117     Document Type: Article

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