Bubble circulation regimes in a multi-stage internal-loop airlift reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 301-308

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

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bubble circulation regimes; Bubble penetration depth; Gas holdup; Liquid circulation velocity; Multi stage airlift reactor

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; FLUID MECHANICS; STAGES;

AIR-LIFT REACTORS; BUBBLE CIRCULATION REGIMES; BUBBLE PENETRATION DEPTH; DOWN-COMER; GAS HOLD UPS; GAS HOLDUP; LIQUID BACKMIXING; LIQUID CIRCULATION VELOCITY; LIQUID LEVELS; MULTI-STAGE; MULTI-STAGE AIRLIFT REACTOR; PENETRATION DEPTHS; REGIME TRANSITION; SLURRY REACTORS; SOLID PARTICLES; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; TRANSITION REGIMES;

GASES;

EID: 49649129941     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.02.024     Document Type: Article

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