Mass transfer in an external-loop airlift reactor: Experiments and modeling

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 21-22, 1997, Pages 3909-3917

  Dhaouadi, H ^a   Poncin, S ^a   Hornut, J M ^a   Wild, G ^a   Oinas, P ^b   Korpijarvi, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b KEMIRA OYJ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEPARATORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EXTERNAL LOOP AIRLIFT REACTORS; PLUG FLOW; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MODEST;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0031279938     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00273-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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