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Gas phase flow in bubble columns: A convective phenomenon
Author(s) -
Hyndman Caroline L.,
Guy Christophe
Publication year - 1995
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.5450730402
Subject(s) - mechanics , dispersion (optics) , tracer , bubble , turbulence , convection , flow (mathematics) , phase (matter) , materials science , physics , optics , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics
The axial dispersion model has been commonly used to describe gas phase flow in bubble columns. Scatter in dispersion coefficients reported to date may be a result of the misuse of the axial dispersion model when a convective model would be more appropriate. Using simple tests with radioactive tracer response curve moments, convective and dispersive behaviours are differentiated. A convective model is presented. The model fits both tracer response curves and mean gas velocity well in both the bubbly and churn turbulent flow regimes, and may be used as a technique to calculate bubble rise velocity distributions.