Hydrodynamics of slurry bubble column during dimethyl ether (DME) synthesis: Gas-liquid recirculation model and radioactive tracer studies

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 6553-6570

  Chen, P ^a   Gupta, P ^b   Dudukovic, M P ^a   Toseland, B A ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b MEMC Electronic Materials Inc   (United States)

^c AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas liquid recirculation; Mechanistic reactor modeling; Radioactive tracer studies; Slurry bubble column

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; SLURRIES; TURBULENT FLOW;

GAS-LIQUID RECIRCULATION; MECHANISTIC REACTOR MODELING; RADIOACTIVE TRACER STUDIES; SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMN;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; CATALYSTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; SLURRIES; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33746954079     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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