Liquid backmixing in bubble columns and the axial dispersion coefficient

AIChE Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2369-2378

  Degaleesan, S ^a   Dudukovic, M P ^a  

^a SHELL OIL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL MOVEMENT; BUBBLE DISTILLATION COLUMN; DISPERSION; MIXING;

ARTICLE; FLOW KINETICS; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUID; VELOCITY;

EID: 0032459919     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690441105     Document Type: Article

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