Gas-Liquid Interfacial Area and Holdup in a Cocurrent Upflow Packed Bed Bubble Column Reactor at Elevated Pressures

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 622-631

  Molga, E J ^a,b   Westerterp, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GASES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIQUIDS; NITROGEN; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOLUTIONS; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

CHEMICALLY ENHANCED ADSORPTION; GAS LIQUID INTERFACE; LIQUID HOLDUP; PACKED BED BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; VOID;

PACKED BEDS;

ABSORPTION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS-BUBBLE; HOLD-UP; PACKED BEDS;

EID: 0031105248     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie960188o     Document Type: Article

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