Influence of operating pressure on the gas hold-up in bubble columns for high viscous media

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3-6, 2003, Pages 697-704

  Urseanu, M I ^a   Guit, R P M ^a   Stankiewicz, A ^a   van Kranenburg, G ^a   Lommen, J H G M ^a  

^a DSM RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; Churn turbulent flow regime; Gas hold up; High pressure; Scale up; Viscous media

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMN; GAS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; PRESSURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0037289591     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00597-3     Document Type: Article

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