Bubble column with electrolytes: Gas holdup and flow regimes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 8237-8243

  Orvalho, Sandra ^a   Ruzicka, Marek C ^a   Drahos, Jiri ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BUBBLY MIXTURE; DUAL EFFECT; FLOW REGIMES; GAS HOLD UP; INORGANIC SALTS; LABORATORY SCALE; PERFORATED PLATE; REGIME TRANSITION; SALT CRYSTALLIZATION; SIMPLIFIED METHOD; SPLINE FUNCTIONS;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; ELECTROLYTES; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 69949158192     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900263d     Document Type: Article

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