Hydrodynamics of a slurry airlift reactor at high solid concentrations

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 7098-7106

  Liu, Malin ^a   Wang, Tiefeng ^a   Yu, Wei ^a   Wang, Jinfu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

High solid concentrations; Hydrodynamics; Radial and axial profiles; Slurry reactor

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AXIAL PROFILES; HIGH SOLID CONCENTRATIONS; SLURRY REACTOR;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 36049045373     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.08.025     Document Type: Article

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