Gas - Liquid mass transfer in benchscale stirred tanks - Fluid properties and critical impeller speed for gas induction

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4574-4581

  Zieverink, Martijn M P ^a   Kreutzer, Michiel T ^a   Kapteijn, Freek ^a   Moulijn, Jacob A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; CORRELATION METHODS; IMPELLERS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

GAS INDUCTION; SCHMIDT NUMBER; STIRRED TANKS; TURBULENCE INTENSITY;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CAPILLARY FLOW; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CORRELATION METHODS; IMPELLERS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 33745854426     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie060092m     Document Type: Article

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