Influence of additives and geometric design on hydrodynamic characteristics of an internal loop airlift reactor

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 253-263

  Muthukumar, Karuppan ^a   Velan, Manickam ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Additives; Fluid mechanics; Gas holdup; Internal loop airlift reactor; Liquid circulation velocity

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ALCOHOLS; CORRELATION METHODS; GAS DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

GAS HOLDUP; GEOMETRIC DESIGN; ORGANIC ADDITIVES; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITY;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CIRCULATING LIQUID; FLUID MECHANICS; HOLD-UP; HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 18444375869     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.38.253     Document Type: Article

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