Prediction of mean bubble size in pneumatic reactors

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-17

  Cerri, Marcel O ^a   Baldacin, Juliana C ^a   Cruz, Antonio J G ^a   Hokka, Carlos O ^a   Badino, Alberto C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Airlift reactor; Bubble size; Hydrodynamics; Mass transfer; Mixing; Volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient

Indexed keywords

AIR-LIFT REACTORS; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS; BUBBLE SIZE; GAS HOLD UP; GAS-LIQUID INTERFACIAL AREAS; OXYGEN TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; PENETRATION THEORY; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; VOLUMETRIC MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; VOLUMETRIC OXYGEN TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

BIOREACTORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; OXYGEN; PNEUMATICS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; ARTICLE; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; HYDRODYNAMICS; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY;

EID: 78650519403     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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