Effects of sparger height and orifice orientation on solids dispersion in a slurry bubble column

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 383-391

  Gandhi, Bimal ^a   Prakash, Anand ^a   Bergougnou, Maurice A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Orifice orientation; Slurry bubble column; Solids dispersion; Sparger height

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; ORIFICES; SLURRIES; SOLIDS; VELOCITY;

GAS VELOCITY; ORIFICE ORIENTATION; SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMN; SPARGER HEIGHT;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE DISTILLATION COLUMN; DESIGN; SLURRY; SOLIDS DISPERSION;

EID: 0032857698     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450770226     Document Type: Article

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