Experimental study and modeling on liquid dispersion in external-loop airlift slurry reactors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 523-531

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

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Airlift slurry reactor; Dispersion coefficient; Liquid dispersion model

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

AIRLIFT SLURRY REACTOR; DISPERSION COEFFICIENT; LIQUID DISPERSION MODEL;

DISPERSIONS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 43549092270     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.08.027     Document Type: Article

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