Fluid dynamic behaviour of two- and three-phase airlift reactors

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 419-425

  Di Felice, Renzo ^a   Eroles, Carmen Monfort ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airlift reactors; Bubble size distribution; Liquid circulation rate; Pressure drop balance

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CORRELATION METHODS; FRICTION; PLASTICS;

AIRLIFT SYSTEMS; LIQUID CIRCULATION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

PLASTIC; WATER;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; FLUID DYNAMICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; LIQUID; PRESSURE;

EID: 2942632811     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450810312     Document Type: Conference Paper

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