Effect of surface contaminants on oxygen transfer in bubble column reactors

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-360

  Asgharpour, Maryam ^a   Mehrnia, Mohammad Reza ^a   Mostoufi, Navid ^a  

^a University College of Engineering   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bubble columns; Hydrocarbon contaminants; Hydrodynamics; Mass transfer; Surface tension; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER; BOND NUMBERS; BUBBLE COLUMN BIOREACTORS; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS; BUBBLE DIAMETER; CONCENTRATION OF; EFFECT OF ADDITION; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; GAS HOLD UP; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS VELOCITY; INTERFACIAL AREAS; INTERFACIAL SURFACE TENSION; LABORATORY SCALE; N-DECANE; N-HEXADECANE; ORGANIC-AQUEOUS SYSTEM; OXYGEN TRANSFER; OXYGEN TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; REYNOLDS; SHERWOOD NUMBERS; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; SURFACE CONTAMINANTS;

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BUBBLE FORMATION; CAPILLARITY; COALESCENCE; CONTAMINATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPURITIES; MASS TRANSFER; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PARAFFINS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; VELOCITY; WETTING;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

ALKANE; ANIONIC SURFACTANT; DECANE; HEXADECANE; HYDROCARBON; OXYGEN; TRIDECANE; WATER;

AIR; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; VELOCITY;

EID: 77949488831     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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