Gas hold-up in three phase co-current bubble columns

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 782-794

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Co current flows; Gas hold up; Solid effect; Three phase flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891723423     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.07.470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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