Oxygen transfer and hydrodynamics in three-phase inverse fluidized beds

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 7399-7405

  Hamdad, Imran ^a   Hashemi, Shahrzad ^a   Rossi, Dano ^a   Macchi, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Inverse fluidization; Mass transfer; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; POLYPROPYLENES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

GAS VELOCITY; INVERSE FLUIDIZATION;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; POLYPROPYLENES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 36048977839     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.08.066     Document Type: Article

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