Hydrodynamics and Mass-Transfer Studies in a Pilot-Plant Airlift Reactor: Non-Newtonian Systems

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-48

  Al Masry, W A ^a,c   Dukkan, A R ^b,c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b AECI Explosives & Chemicals Ltd   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; SHEAR FLOW; SILICONES; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

AIRLIFT REACTORS; CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; XANTHAN GUM;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; SYSTEM;

EID: 0031926084     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie960378z     Document Type: Article

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