Gas holdup characteristics in a tapered bubble column

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Zhang, Kai ^a   Zhao, Yulong ^a   Zhang, Bijiang ^b  

^a University College Londont   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF COAL CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Axial gas holdup profile; Overall gas holdup; Tapered slurry bubble column

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; DROPS; PRESSURE DROP; GASES;

EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; GAS HOLD UP; GAS-LIQUID-SOLID SYSTEMS; LIQUID-SOLID SYSTEM; SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMN; SLURRY CONCENTRATION; SOLID CONCENTRATIONS; TRANSITIONAL REGIMES; AXIAL GAS HOLDUP PROFILE; GAS HOLD-UPS; HOLDUP PROFILES; OVERALL GAS HOLDUP; TAPERED SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMN;

GASES; BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 30344478417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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