Gas-liquid mass transfer in oil-water emulsions with an airlift bio-reactor

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2408-2412

  Boltes, Karina ^a   Caro, Ainhoa ^a   Leton, Pedro ^a   Rodriguez, Antonio ^a   Garcia Calvo, Eloy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; Dodecane; Emulsion; Mass transfer; Oxygen; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLE FORMATION; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); DESULFURIZATION; EMULSIONS; GAS ABSORPTION; OXYGEN;

DODECANE; EMULSION; MASS TRANSFER; SIMULATION;

WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 53549104144     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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