Gas-liquid mass transfer in a novel forced circulation loop reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 73-80

  Fadavi, Ali ^a   Chisti, Yusuf ^b  

^a ILAM UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Airlift bioreactors; Forced circulation loop reactor; Gas liquid mass transfer; Jet loop reactors; Oxygen transfer; Power consumption

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; OXYGEN; PROPELLERS;

AIRLIFT BIOREACTORS; FORCED CIRCULATION LOOP REACTORS; GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER; JET LOOP REACTORS; OXYGEN TRANSFER; POWER CONSUMPTION;

MASS TRANSFER;

AIRLIFT PUMP; CIRCULATION; MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 24944522767     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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