The effect of bubbling regime on gas and liquid phase mixing in bubble column reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2491-2500

  Zahradnik J ^a   Fialova M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLE FORMATION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION;

AXIAL MIXING; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS; BUBBLING EFFECT; GAS DISPERSION MODE; MACROSCALE FLOW PATTERNS; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

MIXING;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS-BUBBLE; MIXING;

EID: 0030131406     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00107-8     Document Type: Article

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