Gas hold-up in stirred tank reactors

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 158-166

  Yawalkar, Archis A ^a   Pangarkar, Vishwas G ^a   Beenackers, Anthony A C M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gas hold up; Relative dispersion; Stirred tank reactor

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; IMPELLERS; TURBINES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

STIRRED TANK REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

GAS ANALYZER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; REACTOR; STIRRED TANK;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; GEOMETRY; PREDICTION; STIRRED REACTOR;

EID: 0036487955     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450800117     Document Type: Article

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