Mass transfer in bubble column reactors: Effect of bubble size distribution

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2205-2211

  Kulkarni, Amol A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CATALYTIC OXIDATION; DATA REDUCTION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY DATA;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CATALYTIC OXIDATION; DATA REDUCTION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 34247169557     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie061015u     Document Type: Article

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