Gas holdup and bubble size behavior in a large-scale slurry bubble column reactor operating with an organic liquid under elevated pressures and temperatures

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 128, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 69-84

  Behkish, Arsam ^a   Lemoine, Romain ^a   Sehabiague, Laurent ^a   Oukaci, Rachid ^b   Morsi, Badie I ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b Energy Technology Partners   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble size distribution; Dynamic gas disengagement; Fischer Tropsch synthesis; Gas holdup; Sauter mean bubble diameter; Slurry bubble column reactor

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; SURFACE TENSION; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DYNAMIC GAS DISENGAGEMENT; GAS HOLDUP; SAUTER-MEAN BUBBLE DIAMETER; SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; SURFACE TENSION; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33947606983     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2006.10.016     Document Type: Article

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