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Bubble driven fluid circulations
Author(s) -
De Nevers Noel
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690140205
Subject(s) - bubble , boiling , mechanics , mass transfer , residence time (fluid dynamics) , mechanism (biology) , gas bubble , chemistry , thermodynamics , physics , geology , geotechnical engineering , quantum mechanics
Bubble driven fluid circulations are present in bubble columns, gas lifts, pool boiling, etc. Their mechanism is shown to be quite similar to the mechanism of natural covection but with much larger driving forces. These circulations are stable in many baffled systems but unstable and rapidly changing in size, shape, and orientation in unbaffled systems. The effect of these circulations in bubble columns is to lower holdup and vapor residence time, thus decreasing the mass transfer efficiency of the column.