On the scale-up of external loop airlift reactors: Newtonian systems

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4085-4094

  Al Masry, W A ^a   Abasaeed, A E ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Airlift reactor; Hydrodynamic; Mass transfer; Scale up

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; NEWTONIAN FLOW;

AIRLIFT REACTORS; SCALE UP;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; SCALE MODEL;

EID: 0032470157     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00209-7     Document Type: Article

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