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Abstract
Air-holdup and heat-transfer coefficient values are measured in a 0.305 m diameter bubble column equipped with a seven-tube bundle for the air-water and air-water-glass bead system. The dependence of these two properties on air velocity (up to 0.28 m/s), temperature (297-343 K), glass bead powder average size (50-143.3 μm), solids concentration in the slurry (up to 20 weight percent) and bubble column diameter (0.108 and 0.305 m), is experimentally investigated. The effect of internals, as simulated by a single probe and a seven-tube bundle, in the two bubble columns is also examined. The models and correlations commonly employed to estimate these properties are assessed on the basis of generated data.