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. 2016 Jun 14;8(6):220. doi: 10.3390/polym8060220

Table 2.

Dynamic correlations and formulas applied for the multiphasic model [15,42,43].

Parameter Formula
Bubble velocity vb=vove+vbr
Bubble rise velocity vbr=0.7119(gdb)1/2
Emulsion velocity ve=v0vb1
Bubble diameter db=dbr[1+27(v0ve)]1/3(1+6.84H) dbr=0.0085 (Geldard B category)
Bubble phase fraction =0.534(1ev0vmf0.413)
Emulsion phase porosity χe=χmf+0.20.059ev0vmf0.429
Bubble phase porosity χb=10.146ev0vmf0.439
Volume of polymer phase in the emulsion phase ζpe=AH(1χe)(1)
Volume of polymer phase in the bubble phase ζpb=AH(1χb)
Volume of the emulsion phase ζe=AH(1χb)
Volume of the bubble phase ζb=AH
Minimum fluidization velocity βemf=[(29.5)2+0.357Ar]1/229.5
Mass transfer coefficient Ksg=4.5(βemfdpr)+5.85(PPCg1/4dpr5/4) Kgs=6.77(Dg0.45vbdpr3)
Momentum exchange coefficient Kmn=150αs2vgαgdpr+1.75αsρgdpr|vbve|