Modified volume expansion method for measuring gas holdup

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 194-199

  Meng, Annie X ^a   Hill, Gordon A ^a   Dalai, Ajay K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airlift bioreactor; Energy dissipation; Gas holdup measurement

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; GAMMA RAYS; GAS PRODUCERS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EXTERNAL LOOP AIRLIFT BIOREACTORS (ELAB); GAS HOLDUP;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; BIOREACTOR; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GAS FLOW; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; DENSITY; ENERGY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXTERNAL LOOP AIRLIFT BIOREACTOR; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA RAY DENSITY MONITOR SYSTEM; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS HOLDUP; INCLINED TUBE METHOD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; MODIFIED VOLUME EXPANSION METHOD; MONITOR; PRESSURE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 2142817891     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450800203     Document Type: Article

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