Effect of plate geometry on characteristics of fluid flow and mass transfer in external-loop airlift bubble column

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 689-695

  Miyahara, Toshiro ^a   Hamanaka, Hltoshl ^a   Umeda, Toshiyuki ^a   Akagi, Yasuharu ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airlift bubble column; Bubble size; Gas holdup; Liquid circulation velocity; Mass transfer

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE INTERFACES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

AIRLIFT BUBBLE COLUMNS; GAS HOLDUP; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE DISTILLATION COLUMN; FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; GEOMETRICAL EFFECT; MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 0033368015     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.32.689     Document Type: Article

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