Gas-liquid mass transfer in a high pressure bubble column reactor with different sparger designs

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 131-139

  Han, Lu ^a   Al Dahhan, Muthanna H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial dispersion model; Bubble column; Hydrodynamics; Interfacial area; Mass transfer; Optical oxygen probe

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACHINE DESIGN; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AXIAL DISPERSION MODEL (ADM); INTERFACIAL AREA; OPTICAL OXYGEN PROBE;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACHINE DESIGN; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33751007820     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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