Comparative evaluation of hydrodynamic and gas-liquid mass transfer characteristics in bubble column and airlift slurry reactors

Chemical Engineering Journal and the Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 223-229

  Choi, K H ^a   Chisti, Y ^a   Moo Young, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airlift reactor; Bubble column; Hydrodynamics; Mixing; Oxygen transfer

Indexed keywords

AIR; BUBBLE COLUMNS; CHARACTERIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LINEAR ALGEBRA; MASS TRANSFER; SLURRIES; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WATER;

AIR WATER OR AIR GLASS BEAD; AIRLIFT SLURRY REACTORS; DRAFT TUBE SPARGED DESIGN; GAS LIQUID MASS TRANSFER; PNEUMATICALLY AGITATED REACTORS; RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTION; RISER TO DOWNCOMER CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA; SUPERFICIAL AIR VELOCITIES;

BIOREACTORS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS-BUBBLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; REACTORS-AIRLIFT;

EID: 0030471535     PISSN: 09230467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-0467(96)03085-0     Document Type: Article

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