Experimental study of a cocurrent upflow packed bed bubble column reactor: Pressure drop, holdup and interfacial area

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 489-495

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bed bubble column; Interfacial area; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BUBBLE COLUMNS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GASES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIQUIDS; PRESSURE; PRESSURE DROP; VELOCITY;

BED BUBBLE REACTOR; CHEMICALLY ENHANCED ABSORPTION; GAS LIQUID INTERFACE; INTERFACIAL AREA; LIQUID HOLDUP;

PACKED BEDS;

EID: 0031375682     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0255-2701(97)00026-3     Document Type: Article

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