Local hydrodynamics in an external loop airlift slurry reactor with and without a resistance-regulating element

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 191, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1024-1042

  Wang, Tiefeng ^a   Wang, Jinfu ^a   Zhao, Bin ^a   Ren, Fei ^a   Jin, Yong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Airlift slurry reactor; Bubble rise velocity; Bubble size; Gas holdup; Hydrodynamic model; Radial profile; Suspension circulation velocity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTICS; SLURRIES; ULTRASONICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AIRCRAFT SLURRY REACTOR; DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; SUPERFICIAL GAS;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; BUBBLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; SLURRY;

EID: 3042822072     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986440490276245     Document Type: Article

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