Determination of oxygen gas-liquid mass transfer rates in heap bioleach reactors

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 504-510

  Petersen, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bio leaching; Gas liquid mass transfer; Heap leaching; Leaching; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATED SOLUTION; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FINES CONTENT; GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER; HEAP LEACHING; HIGH ALTITUDE; MASS TRANSFER MODELS; MASS TRANSFER RATE; OXYGEN GAS; OXYGEN SOLUBILITY; WATER VAPOUR;

GASES; LEACHING; MASS TRANSFER; OXYGEN; PACKED BEDS; PLASMAS; SODIUM; SOLUBILITY;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 77950060228     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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