Bubble sizes in agitated solvent/reactant mixtures used in heterogeneous catalytic hydrogenation of 2-butyne-1,4-diol

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 6765-6774

  Hu, Binjie ^a   Nienow, Alvin W ^a   Hugh Stitt, E ^b   Pacek, Andrzej W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNSON MATTHEY CATALYSTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aqueous organic solvents; Batch stirred reactors; Breakage coalescence; Bubbles; Surface polarisation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COALESCENCE; HYDROGENATION; MIXTURES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

AQUEOUS PHASE; BATCH STIRRED REACTORS; BUBBLES SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE POLARIZATION;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

ALCOHOLS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CATALYST ACTIVITY; COALESCENCE; HYDROGENATION; MIXTURES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 33748149080     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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