Comparison, combination and validation of measuring techniques for local flow and turbulence analysis in bubble columns and airlift reactors

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 749-755

  Vial, Christophe ^a,b   Bendjaballah Lalaoui, Nadia ^a   Poncin, Souhila ^a   Wild, Gabriel ^a   Midoux, Noël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b LGCB   (France)

Author keywords

Airlift reactor; Bubble column; Coalescence; LDV; Ultrasound Doppler technique

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTORS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE; ULTRASONICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ELECTROCHEMICAL PROBES; NON-COALESCING MEDIA;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

PENTANOL; WATER;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; BUBBLE COLUMN; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TURBULENCE;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; REACTOR; SENSOR; SOLID; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

EID: 2942669918     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450810355     Document Type: Conference Paper

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