Gas holdup and liquid velocity in three-phase internal-loop airlift reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 21-22, 1997, Pages 3949-3960

  Hwang, Shyh Jye ^a   Cheng, Yi Lung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYSTYRENES; SOLUTIONS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE; GAS HOLDUP; INTERNAL LOOP AIRLIFT REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; GAS; NEWTONIAN FLUID; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031279253     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)88931-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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