Scale up of slurry bubble reactors

Oil and Gas Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 443-458

  Forret, Ann ^a   Schweitzer, J Marc ^a   Gauthier, Thierry ^a   Krishna, R ^b   Schweich, D ^c  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LGPC CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CORRELATION METHODS; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; MOCKUPS; PARAFFINS; SLURRIES;

EXOTHERMIC REACTIONS; GAS HOLDUP; LIQUID RECIRCULATION INTENSITY; REACTION TEMPERATURE;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CORRELATION METHODS; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; MOCKUPS; PARAFFINS; SLURRIES;

HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; SCALE EFFECT; SLURRY;

EID: 33746516266     PISSN: 12944475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2516/ogst:2006044a     Document Type: Article

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