Experimental and theoretical analysis of axial dispersion in the liquid phase in external-loop airlift reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 5945-5954

  Vial, Ch ^a,b   Poncin, S ^a   Wild, G ^a   Midoux, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b LGCB   (France)

Author keywords

Aeration; Axial dispersion; Bubble columns; Hydrodynamics; Mixing; Two phase turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

AIRLIFT REACTORS; DISPERSION COEFFICIENT; LIQUID VELOCITY; RADIAL VELOCITY;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

BUBBLE COLUMN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 22744435475     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.04.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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