Hydrodynamics and mass transfer in a draft tube airlift reactor with dilute alcohol solutions

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2897-2904

  Albijanic B ^a   Havran, V ^a   Petrovic D Lj ^a   Duric M ^a   Tekic M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Alcohol addition; Draft tube airlift reactor; Hydrodynamics; Mass transfer; Multiphase reactors

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE TENSION;

ALCOHOL ADDITION; DRAFT TUBE AIRLIFT REACTOR; MULTIPHASE REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 35948974345     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11306     Document Type: Article

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