| On Bubble Size Distributions in Bubble Columns in the Heterogeneous Regime | ||
| Doraiswami Ramkrishna1, Manish R. Bhole2 and Jyeshtharaj B. Joshi2, (1)School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1283, (2)University Institute of Chemical Technology, N. M. Parekh Marg, Matunga, Mumbai, 400 019, India 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. Extended Abstract Status: File Uploaded | ||