Development of a complete model for an air-lift reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 493-502

  Camarasa, E ^a,b   Carvalho, E ^b   Meleiro, L A C ^b   Maciel Filho, R ^b   Domingues, A ^c   Wild, G ^a   Poncin, S ^a   Midoux, N ^a   Bouillard, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c Rhodia Brasil Ltda CPP   (Brazil)

^d SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Air lift; Flow regime; Hydrodynamics; Reactor modeling; Signal processing

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS;

AIR LIFT REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; CIRCULATION; HOLD-UP; HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0035028869     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(00)00253-0     Document Type: Article

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