We present a comprehensive literature review on the two-phase bubble column; in this
review we deeply analyze the flow regimes, the flow regime transitions, the local and global …

Despite the fact that bubble columns are widely established within the process industry as
multiphase reactors and gas–liquid contactors, common research has been focused on the …

With the dramatic increase in the international oil price, gas-to-liquid processes of Fischer−
Tropsch (FT) synthesis, methanol synthesis, and dimethyl ether (DME) synthesis have …

World petroleum residue processing capacity has reached about 810 MMTPA. In the present
petroleum refining scenario, the viability of a petroleum refinery strongly depends on the …

Bubble column reactors are multiphase contactors based on the dispersion of a gas phase
in the form of bubbles inside a cylindrical vessel where a liquid or a suspension circulates …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews that there are four types of fischer-tropsch (FT)
reactor in commercial use at present. Three broad categories of catalyst are used in these …

The effect of liquid viscosity on the hydrodynamic behavior in a bubble column was
investigated by experimental study and numerical simulation with a coupled CFD–PBM …

Global (level swell) and local (WMS–Wire Mesh Sensor) measurements were made on
waters of different purities and air, in a cylindrical laboratory bubble column (2 m tall, 0.127 …

Measurements of gas holdups in bubble columns of 0.16, 0.30 and 0.33 m diameter were
carried out. These columns were operated in co-current flow of gas and liquid phases and in …

Computational fluid dynamics coupled with a population balance model (CFD-PBM)
combines the use of CFD to calculate the flow field and phase holdup and that of PBM to …