Ultrasonic characterizations of solids holdup in a bubble column reactor

Chemical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 751-753

  Soong, Yee ^a   Fauth, Daniel J ^a   Knoer, James P ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; FLOW CONTROL; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SLURRIES; SOLIDS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS; MASS FLOW-CONTROLLER; NONTRANSPARENT FLUIDS; SOLIDS HOLDUP;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

BUBBLE DISTILLATION COLUMN; HOLD-UP; THREE-PHASE DISPERSION; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034282364     PISSN: 09307516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4125(200009)23:9<751::AID-CEAT751>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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