Estimation of Coalescence and Breakage Rate Constants within a Kühni Column

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1099-1106

  Kentish, Sandra E ^a   Stevens, Geoff W ^a   Pratt, H R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; COALESCENCE; DROP BREAKUP; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BREAKAGE RATE CONSTANTS; KUHNI COLUMN;

REACTION KINETICS;

COALESCENCE; COLUMN; HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032029571     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970336q     Document Type: Article

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