Influence of elevated pressure and particle lyophobicity on hydrodynamics and gas-liquid mass transfer in slurry bubble columns

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 584-596

  Chilekar, Vinit P ^a,c   van der Schaaf, John ^a   Kuster, Ben F M ^a   Tinge, Johan T ^b   Schouten, Jaap C ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DSM RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrolyte; Gas hold up; High pressure; Hydrodynamics; Liquid velocity; Lyophobicity; Mass transfer; Pressure fluctuations; Regime transition; Slurry bubble column

Indexed keywords

GAS HOLD UP; HIGH PRESSURE; LIQUID VELOCITIES; LIQUID VELOCITY; LYOPHOBICITY; REGIME TRANSITION; SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMN;

BUBBLE FORMATION; ELECTROLYTES; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID DYNAMICS; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; SLURRIES; TRANSITION FLOW; VELOCITY;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 76749168589     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11987     Document Type: Article

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