The role of gas disengagement and surface active agents on hydrodynamic and mass transfer characteristics of airlift reactors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-271

  Al Masry, W A ^a,b   Dukkan, A R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Airlift reactor; Antifoam; Gas disengagement; Hydrodynamics; Mass transfer; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; REACTOR; SURFACTANT;

BLOWING AGENTS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FOAMS; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AIRLIFT REACTORS; ANTIFOAM; GAS DISENGAGEMENT;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0030609290     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-8947(97)00033-8     Document Type: Article

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