Distribution characteristics of phase holdups and flow structure of gas-liquid in a three-phase external loop airlift reactor

Guocheng Gongcheng Xuebao/The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 862-867

  Han, Yu Huan ^a   Yang, Suo He ^a   Jin, Hai Bo ^a   Zhu, Jian Hua ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Electrical resistance tomography; External loop airlift reactor; Flow structure with time series; Local phase holdup; Radial distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650209516     PISSN: 1009606X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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