Ultrasonic characterizations of slurries in a bubble column reactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2137-2143

  Soong, Y ^a   Gamwo, I K ^a   Blackwell, A G ^a   Harke, F W ^a   Ladner, E P ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; GLASS; NITROGEN; SLURRIES; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; WATER;

SOLID HOLDUP; THREE-PHASE REACTORS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

NITROGEN; WATER;

BUBBLE DISTILLATION COLUMN; SLURRY; ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032956270     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970932k     Document Type: Article

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