Effect of packed bed on mass transfer in external-loop airlift bubble column

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 582-587

  Okada, Kenji ^a   Nagata, Yoshiko ^b   Akagi, Yasuharu ^b  

^a Kurashiki Univ of Sci and the Arts   (Jamaica)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airlift Bubble Column; Bubble Size; Correlation Equation; Mass Transfer; Packed Bed

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; MASS TRANSFER; PACKED BEDS;

EID: 0030464578     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.29.582     Document Type: Article

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