Interfacial area in a reactor with helicoidal flow for the two-phase gas-liquid system

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 71-79

  Wronski S ^a   Hubacz, R ^a   Ryszczuk, T ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gas liquid flow; Helicoidal flow; Interfacial area

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CORRELATION METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FLOW PATTERNS; GASES; LIQUIDS; OXYGEN; ROTORS; SOLUTIONS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; HELICOIDAL FLOW; OXYGEN CHEMICAL ABSORPTION;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 10844238928     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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