Liquid phase mixing and gas hold-up in a multistage-agitated contactor with co-current upflow of air/viscous fluids

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 6189-6198

  Zhang, Lifeng ^a   Pan, Qinmin ^a   Rempel, Garry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agitated contactor; Backmixing; Gas liquid; Hydrodynamics; Multistage; Phase hold up

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY;

AGITATED CONTACTOR; BACKMIXING; GAS LIQUIDS; MULTISTAGE; PHASE HOLD-UP;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33746276730     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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