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Holdup in vertical two and three phase flow Part I: Theoretical analysis
Author(s) -
Bhaga D.,
Weber M. E.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450500303
Subject(s) - flow (mathematics) , mechanics , phase (matter) , distribution (mathematics) , mathematics , column (typography) , two phase flow , thermodynamics , statistical physics , materials science , physics , mathematical analysis , geometry , quantum mechanics , connection (principal bundle)
A general one‐dimensional theory for predicting the average holdup or column concentration in three phase flow is formulated. The analysis takes into account the local relative velocity between the phases, the non‐uniform flow and holdup distribution across the column, and the effect of the concentration of the dispersed phase on the relative velocity. The present theory is compared with the previous analyses for two phase flow reported in the literature and it is shown that all of them are special cases of the general theory proposed here.