Influence of the baffle clearance design on hydrodynamics of a two riser rectangular airlift reactor with inverse internal loop and expanded gas-liquid separator

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-26

  Kilonzo, Peter M ^a   Margaritis, Argyrios ^a   Bergougnou, M A ^a   Yu, JunTang ^b   Qin, Ye ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Airlift reactor; Bottom clearance; Gas holdup; Liquid velocity; Pressure drop; Top clearance

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE DROP; PRODUCT DESIGN; SEPARATORS; VISCOSITY;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; BOTTOM CLEARANCE; GAS HOLDUP; LIQUID VELOCITY; TOP CLEARANCE;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE DROP; PRODUCT DESIGN; SEPARATORS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33745487190     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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