High pressure experiments and simulations in cocurrent bubble columns

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 842-853

  Kumar, S ^a   Munshi, P ^a   Khanna, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Co current flow; Gas hold up; High pressure; Three dimensional simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891669625     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.07.477     Document Type: Conference Paper

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