Gas-Liquid Mass Transfer in Pulp Suspension Mixing Operations

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-61

  Bennington, C P J ^a   Owusu, G ^a   Francis, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Contacting; Fibre suspensions; Mass transfer; Mixing; Ozone; Pulp suspensions

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; OXIDATION; OZONE; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

GAS LIQUID MASS TRANSFER; PULP SUSPENSION;

KRAFT PULP;

MASS TRANSFER; MIXING(GAS/LIQUID); PAPER MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0031077864     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450750111     Document Type: Article

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