Bubble breakup and coalescence in turbulent gas-Liquid dispersions

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 59, Issue 1-6, 1987, Pages 65-84

  Lee, Chug Hur ^a   Erickson, L E ^a   Glasgow, L A ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble breakup; Bubble size distribution; Coalescence; Gas liquid dispersion; Modeling; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COALESCENCE; DISPERSIONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; MODELS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE;

BUBBLE BREAK-UP; BUBBLE COALESCENCE; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DISPERSION PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GAS-LIQUID DISPERSION; INTERFACIAL AREAS; TURBULENT ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84942251429     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: 15635201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986448708911986     Document Type: Article

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