Gas void ratio and bubble diameter inside a deep airlift reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 149, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 301-310

  Giovannettone, J P ^a   Tsai, E ^b   Gulliver, J S ^c  

^a Hydrologic Engineering Center   (United States)

^b MWH AMERICAS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeration; Airlift reactor; Bubble columns; Bubble size; Gas holdup; Hydrodynamics; Voidage

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; VELOCITY; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

AERATION; AIRLIFT REACTOR; BUBBLE SIZE; GAS HOLDUP; VOIDAGE;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 63149119638     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.11.024     Document Type: Article

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