Diameter of bubbles in bubble column reactors operating with organic liquids

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 7 A, 2005, Pages 827-832

  Pohorecki, R ^a   Moniuk, W ^a   Bielski, P ^a   Sobieszuk, P ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

'Virtual liquids'; Bubble column; Bubble diameter; Mathematical modelling; Numerical experiment

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL REACTORS; LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PILOT PLANTS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BUBBLE DIAMETERS; BUBBLE SIZE; ELEVATED PRESSURE; GAS BUBBLING;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

BUBBLE COLUMN;

EID: 22744459615     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd.04340     Document Type: Article

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