A reassesment of relationship between riser and downcomer gas holdups in airlift reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4151-4154

  Contreras, A ^a   Chisti, Y ^a   Molina, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; GASES; NUMERICAL METHODS; VELOCITY;

AIRLIFT REACTORS; GAS HOLDUPS; RISER;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; GAS; HOLD-UP; RISER;

EID: 0032469344     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00230-9     Document Type: Article

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