The effect of sparger geometry on gas holdup and regime transition points in a bubble column equipped with perforated plate spargers

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 259-266

  Şal, Sinan ^a   Gül, Ömer F ^a   Özdemir, Mustafa ^b  

^a MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Flow regime transition; Gas holdup; Perforated plate sparger; Regime transition points; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FLOW REGIME TRANSITION; GAS HOLD UP; LINEAR STABILITY; REGIME TRANSITION; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FORECASTING; GASES; GROUP THEORY; PERFORATED PLATES; TRANSITION FLOW;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 84881556918     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2013.03.012     Document Type: Article

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