Effects of equipment and process variables on the suspension of buoyant particles in gas-sparged vessels

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 7899-7906

  Bao, Yuyun ^a   Gao, Zhengming ^a   Hao, Zhigang ^a   Long, Jiangang ^a   Shi, Litian ^a   Smith, John M ^b   Kirkby, Norman F ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROFOILS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; TURBULENCE; WATER AERATION;

BUOYANT PARTICLES; COMPOSITE AGITATORS; OFF-CENTERED AGITATORS; THREE-PHASE SYSTEM;

BUOYANCY;

AGITATION; BAFFLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; GAS SPARGING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION;

EID: 26844539265     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0504093     Document Type: Article

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