High liquid holdup airlift tower loop reactor: I. Riser hydrodynamic characteristics

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 369-377

  García, Juan C ^a   Lavín, Antonio G ^a   Díaz, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airlift reactor; High downcomer to riser ratio; Holdup; Hydrodynamics; Submergence ratio

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; LIQUID HOLDUP; SUBMERGENCE RATIO;

BIOREACTORS;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; FLOW VELOCITY; GAS FLOW; HOLD-UP; HYDRODYNAMICS; RISER;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034003760     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4660(200005)75:5<369::AID-JCTB211>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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