Gas-liquid mass transfer in bubble column reactor: Analytical solution and experimental confirmation

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 548-556

  Dhaouadi, H ^a   Poncin, S ^b   Hornut, J M ^b,c   Midoux, N ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Bubble column; Mass transfer

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 38949117609     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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