A PIV study of hydrodynamics in gas-liquid high throughput experimentation (HTE) reactors with eccentric impeller configurations

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 6403-6413

  Hall, J F ^a   Barigou, M ^a   Simmons, M J H ^a   Stitt, E H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNSON MATTHEY CATALYSTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eccentric impeller; Gas liquid; High throughput experimentation; PBT; PIV

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); ELECTRIC REACTORS; IMPELLERS; KINETIC ENERGY; THROUGHPUT; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCIMETERS;

GAS-LIQUID REACTORS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT EXPERIMENTATION (HTE); MACROSCOPIC HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV);

HYDRODYNAMICS;

GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY;

EID: 22744459047     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.03.044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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