Gas holdup in trayed bubble column reactors

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3320-3326

  Alvaré, Javier ^a,b   Al Dahhan, Muthanna H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS HOLDUP; GAS-LIQUID CONTACTING; LIQUID BACKMIXING; SUPERFICIAL LIQUID VELOCITY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; GAS DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; PETROLEUM REFINING; WELL PERFORATION;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BUBBLE COLUMNS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; GAS DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; PETROLEUM REFINING; WELL PERFORATION;

EID: 33646530502     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie051442s     Document Type: Article

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