Bubble column reactors for wastewater treatment. 2. The effect of sparger design on sublation column hydrodynamics in the homogeneous flow regime

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1700-1710

  Smith, Jeffrey S ^a   Burns, Louis F ^a   Valsaraj, Kalliat T ^a   Thibodeaux, Louis J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ANNULAR SHEAR SPARGER; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS; FLEXIBLE RUBBER MEMBRANE; GAS HOLDUP; GAS VELOCITY; GLASS FRIT; HOMOGENEOUS FLOW REGIME; SOLVENT SUBLATION; SPARGER DESIGN; SUBLATION COLUMN HYDRODYNAMICS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS-BUBBLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; TREATMENT; WASTE WATER;

EID: 0030131389     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie950366y     Document Type: Article

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