Improved power and mass transfer correlations for design and scale-up of multi-impeller gas-liquid contactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 598-604

  Moucha, T ^a   Linek, V ^a   Erokhin, K ^a   Rejl, J F ^a   Fujasova M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Mass transfer coefficient; Mass transfer correlation; Multi impeller vessel; Scale up

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; BUDGET CONTROL; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; EXPERIMENTS; IMPELLERS; MASS TRANSFER; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

AXIAL FLOW IMPELLERS; BEST FITS; BLADE IMPELLERS; COMBINED CONFIGURATIONS; DISTILLED WATERS; DYNAMIC PRESSURES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; GAS LIQUIDS; INNER DIAMETERS; LABORATORY SCALE VESSELS; LABORATORY SCALES; LIQUID PHASE; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; MULTI-IMPELLER VESSEL; POWER INPUTS; RADIAL FLOW IMPELLERS; RUSHTON TURBINES; SCALE-UP; SPECIFIC POWERS; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS; VOLUMETRIC MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

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EID: 58149299656     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.10.043     Document Type: Article

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