Design of stirred vessels with gas entrained from free liquid surface

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 339-364

  Patwardhan, Ashwin W ^a   Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTORS;

GAS ENTRAINMENT; GAS HOLD UP; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; SURFACE AERATION; SURFACE AERATORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

AERATION; ENTRAINMENT; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; STIRRED TANK;

EID: 0032101498     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450760303     Document Type: Article

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