Gas holdup in pulp fibre suspensions: Gas voidage profiles in a batch-operated sparged tower

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2569-2578

  Ishkintana, L K ^a   Bennington, C P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axial and radial void fraction profiles; Electrical resistance tomography; Gas sparged bubble columns; Multi phase flow; Oxygen delignification; Pulp fibre suspensions

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VOID FRACTION; BUBBLE COALESCENCE; BUBBLE RISE VELOCITY; BUBBLE SIZE; COLUMN HEIGHT; DETECTION METHODS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; GAS FLOWRATE; GAS HOLD UP; HARDWOOD KRAFT PULP; HOLDUP PROFILES; MASS CONCENTRATION; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; NONUNIFORM; OXYGEN DELIGNIFICATIONS; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; PULP FIBRE; PULP FIBRE SUSPENSIONS; PULP SUSPENSION; PULP TYPE; RECIRCULATIONS; SEMI-BATCH; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; SUSPENSION CONCENTRATIONS; VOIDAGE; WATER PROFILES;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLE FORMATION; COALESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DELIGNIFICATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FIBERS; GASES; KRAFT PROCESS; KRAFT PULP; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OXYGEN; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TOMOGRAPHY; VOID FRACTION;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

AGGLOMERATION; BUBBLES; CONCENTRATING; DELIGNIFICATION; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FIBERS; GAS; KRAFT PAPERS; KRAFT PULPING; OXYGEN; PULPS; VOID RATIO;

EID: 77649178823     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.12.040     Document Type: Article

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