Backmixing reduction of a bubble column by interruption of the global liquid circulation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 6558-6563

  Cheng, Zhen Min ^a   Wu, Yang ^a   Huang, Zi Bin ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKMIXING; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; FOUR-CHANNEL; GLOBAL CIRCULATION; LIQUID CIRCULATION; LIQUID PHASE; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; SHORT COLUMN; VELOCITY PROFILES;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 67849122381     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900128j     Document Type: Article

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