Hydrodynamic model for three-phase annulus airlift reactors

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7550-7558

  Sun, Shulan ^a,b   Bao, Xiaojun ^a   Liu, Changjian ^b   Xu, Jian ^c   Wei, Weisheng ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUID MECHANICS; GASES; SOLIDS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AIRLIFT REACTORS; GAS VELOCITY; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; OPERATION PARAMETERS;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; RECIRCULATION;

EID: 25844501448     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050008n     Document Type: Article

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