Mixing mechanism in a modified co-current downflow bubble column

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 45-55

  Majumder, Subrata Kumar ^a   Kundu, Gautam ^a   Mukherjee, Dibyendu ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Dispersion coefficient; Downflow bubble column; Liquid jet; RTD

Indexed keywords

AIR EJECTORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOZZLES;

DISPERSION COEFFICIENTS; DOWNFLOW BUBBLE COLUMN; LIQUID JET; RTD;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMN; FLUID FLOW; LIQUID;

EID: 24944588305     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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