2007 Annual Meeting
(238d) On Bubble Size Distributions in Bubble Columns in the Heterogeneous Regime
Authors
Ramkrishna, D. - Presenter, Purdue University
Joshi, J. B. - Presenter, University Institute of Chemical Technology
Computational fluid dynamics and population balance modeling are combined to produce the spatial distribution of bubbles of different sizes in a bubble column and compared successfully with experiments obtained by Laser Doppler Anemometry. In particular, the inclusion of a lift force provides for the proper spatial distribution.