Loop Venturi Reactor - A Feasible Alternative to Stirred Tank Reactors?

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 734-738

  Van Dierendonck, Laurent L ^a   Zahradnik, Jindřich ^b   Linek, Václav ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING;

LOOP VENTURI REACTORS; STIRRED TANK REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

MASS TRANSFER; REACTOR; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 0032029543     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970313b     Document Type: Article

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