Effect of liquid properties on the performance of bubble column reactors with fine pore spargers

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1465-1475

  Mouza, A A ^a   Dalakoglou, G K ^a   Paras, S V ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Bubble size; Coalescence; Flow regimes; Gas holdup; Liquid properties; Porous sparger

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS; GAS HOLDUP; SAUTER DIAMETERS; VIDEO TECHNIQUES;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

AIR SPARGING; BUBBLE COLUMN; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; COALESCENCE; HOLD-UP;

EID: 11244301198     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.10.013     Document Type: Article

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