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Turbulent Liquid Flow in a Gas-Liquid Bubble Column

ZHANG Minqinga; FAN Minyinga; YU Guoconga; WANG Shulib   

  1. a Chemical Engineering Research Center, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
    b Department of Mechanical Engineering, Fushun Petroleum Institute, Fushun 113001, China
  • Received:1998-06-25 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:1999-09-28 Published:1999-09-28
  • Contact: ZHANG Minqing

Turbulent Liquid Flow in a Gas-Liquid Bubble Column

张敏卿a; 范敏英a; 余国琮a; 王树立b   

  1. a Chemical Engineering Research Center, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
    b Department of Mechanical Engineering, Fushun Petroleum Institute, Fushun 113001, China
  • 通讯作者: 张敏卿

Abstract: The radial distribution of the axial component of time-average liquid velocityand turbulent
intensity in a gas-liquid bubble column was investigatedexperimentally using LaserDoppler
Anemometer (LDA). The effects of operating parameters on liquidturbulent intensity
arestudied and an empirical relationship between turbulent intensity andviscosity was
established. Such a relationship can be used convenientlyin the calculation of
liquidvelocity profiles in bubble columns.

Key words: bubble column, liquid velocity field, turbulent intensity, turbulent viscosity

摘要: The radial distribution of the axial component of time-average liquid velocityand turbulent
intensity in a gas-liquid bubble column was investigatedexperimentally using LaserDoppler
Anemometer (LDA). The effects of operating parameters on liquidturbulent intensity
arestudied and an empirical relationship between turbulent intensity andviscosity was
established. Such a relationship can be used convenientlyin the calculation of
liquidvelocity profiles in bubble columns.

关键词: bubble column;liquid velocity field;turbulent intensity;turbulent viscosity