Impact of internals on the gas holdup and bubble properties of a bubble column

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 8007-8013

  Youssef, Ahmed A ^a   Al Dahhan, Muthanna H ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; AIR-WATER SYSTEM; BUBBLE PROPERTIES; BUBBLE VELOCITIES; CHORD LENGTHS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS; FOUR-POINT OPTICAL PROBE; GAS HOLD UP; GAS LIQUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGING; INTERFACIAL AREAS; METHANOL SYNTHESIS; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES;

BUBBLE FORMATION; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GASES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; METHANOL; SYNTHESIS GAS MANUFACTURE;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 69949127821     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900266q     Document Type: Article

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