Hydrodynamics and mass transfer in a lab-scale three-phase internal loop airlift

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 45-54

  Olivieri, Giuseppe ^a   Marzocchella, Antonio ^a   Salatino, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluidization; Gas liquid solids system; Internal loop airlift; Mass transfer; Regime transitions

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIZED BEDS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MASS TRANSFER; SILICA;

LIQUID CIRCULATION VELOCITY; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITY;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

CIRCULATING LIQUID; FIXED BED; FLUIDIZATION; GAS-LIQUID-SOLID FLUIDIZED BED; GLASS BEAD; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 0344467387     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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