Correlating dimension for a gas-liquid contactor

Abstract

Recent developments in non-linear dynamics and complex phenomena have resulted in mathematical tools which are potentially useful in the control and design of bubble column reactors. It is conjectured that analysis of conductivity time series, measured in a bubble column, indicated a low-dimensional chaotic attractor. The cross-sectional average correlation dimension varied with the liquid and the gas flow rate. The cross-sectional average correlation dimension characterized the global bubble column hydrodynamics and, more specifically, the average bubble size.