Experimental study on the local hydrodynamic behavior of a three-phase external-loop airlift reactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 5432-5437

  Lin, Jing ^a   Han, Minghan ^a   Wang, Tiefeng ^a   Zhang, Tongwang ^a   Wang, Jinfu ^a   Jin, Yong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; BUBBLE FORMATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; FIBER OPTICS;

BUBBLE RISE VELOCITY; EXTERNAL-LOOP AIR-LIFT REACTORS;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

AIRLIFT PUMP; FLUID FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; REACTOR;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; ANEMOMETRY; ARTICLE; BUBBLE RISE VELOCITY; EVOLUTION; FIBER OPTICS; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GAS HOLDUP; HYDRODYNAMICS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIQUID VELOCITY; PHASE PARTITIONING; VELOCITY;

EID: 4344634683     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0304614     Document Type: Article

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