Effect of some solid properties on gas-liquid mass transfer in a bubble column

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-188

  Mena, P ^a   Ferreira, A ^a,b   Teixeira, J A ^b   Rocha, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Absorption; Bubble column; Mass transfer; Multiphase reactors; Particles; Slurries

Indexed keywords

DUAL EFFECT; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FINE PARTICLES; GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER; GAS-LIQUID SYSTEMS; GLASS BEAD; HOLLOW GLASS; LIQUID-SIDE MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MEAN DIAMETER; MULTI-PHASE REACTOR; PARTICLES; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; POLYSTYRENE PARTICLE; SOLID CONCENTRATIONS; SOLID LOADING; SOLIDS LOADING; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS;

ABSORPTION; GLASS; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; POLYSTYRENES; SLURRIES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 79951673950     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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