The role of small bubbles in gas-liquid mass transfer in stirred vessels and assessment of a two-fraction model for noncoalescent or moderately viscous liquids

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3767-3776

  Pinelli, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bubble size effect; Dynamic measuring technique; Mass transfer; Stirred vessel; Two bubble size fraction model

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; DISPERSIONS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VISCOSITY;

BUBBLE SIZE EFFECT; DYNAMIC MEASURING TECHNIQUE; STIRRED VESSEL; TWO-BUBBLE-SIZE FRACTION MODEL;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COALESCENCE; DISPERSIONS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34250021932     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.03.024     Document Type: Article

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