Experimental study on surface aerators stirred by triple impellers

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 8752-8756

  Li, Xiangyang ^a   Yu, Gengzhi ^a   Yang, Chao ^a,b   Mao, Zai Sha ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b Jiangsu Institute of Marine Resource Exploitation   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GAS DISPERSION; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER; POWER CONSUMPTION; STIRRED VESSELS; SURFACE AERATION; SURFACE AERATORS; TRIPLE IMPELLER; VOLUMETRIC GAS FLOW RATE; VOLUMETRIC MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

ASPECT RATIO; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DISPERSIONS; GASES; IMPELLERS; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BLOWERS;

EID: 70349312912     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900623m     Document Type: Article

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