Applications of ultra-fast MRI to high voidage bubbly flow: Measurement of bubble size distributions, interfacial area and hydrodynamics

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 71, Issue , 2012, Pages 468-483

  Tayler, Alexander B ^a   Holland, Daniel J ^a   Sederman, Andrew J ^a   Gladden, Lynn F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; Hydrodynamics; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiphase flow; Tomography; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE SHAPES; BUBBLE SIZE; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; BUBBLY FLOW; FAST ACQUISITION; FLUID SHEAR; FLUID VELOCITIES; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; INTERFACIAL AREAS; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; MOTION OF INDIVIDUAL; MRI IMAGE; MULTI-PHASE FLOW SYSTEMS; NON-INVASIVE; ULTRA-FAST; VERTICAL DIRECTION; VERTICAL PIPES; VOIDAGE;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84856564856     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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