Bubble recirculation regimes in an internal-loop airlift reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 3995-4006

  Van Benthum, W A J ^a,b   Van Der Lans, R G J M ^a   Van Loosdrecht, M C M ^a   Heijnen, J J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airlift reactor; Bubble recirculation; Gas holdup; Hydrodynamics; Regime transition; Three phase flow; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIFT; MIXING; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BUBBLE RECIRCULATION; GAS HOLDUP; INTERNAL LOOP AIRLIFT REACTOR; THREE PHASE FLOW;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

AIRLIFT REACTOR; BUBBLE; HOLD-UP; MULTIPHASE FLOW; RECIRCULATION;

EID: 0033200198     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00097-4     Document Type: Article

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