Comparison of gassing-out and pressure-step dynamic methods for kLa measurement in an airlift reactor with internal loop

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1375-1382

  Blazej M ^a   Annus, J ^a   Markos J ^a  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Dynamic pressure step method; Gassing out method; Internal loop airlift reactor; Volumetric mass transfer coefficients

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; MASS TRANSFER; OXYGEN; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

DYNAMIC PRESSURE STEP METHODS (DPM); GASSING OUT METHODS (GOM); WATER BATCH;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

AIRLIFT REACTOR;

EID: 5444240101     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cerd.82.10.1375.46737     Document Type: Article

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