Ultrasonic characterizations of gas holdup in a bubble column reactor

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 158, Issue , 1997, Pages 181-192

  Soong, Y ^a   Gamwo, I K ^a   Blackwell, A G ^a   Harke, F W ^a   Schehl, R R ^a   Zarochak, M F ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble column reactor; Gas holdup; Ultrasonic characterizations

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ATTENUATION; BUBBLE FORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; NITROGEN; PHASE INTERFACES; TWO PHASE FLOW; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

GAS HOLDUP; SOUND ATTENUATION; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITY;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS-BUBBLE; HOLD-UP; REACTORS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0030838917     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986449708936587     Document Type: Article

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