Tomography measurements of gas holdup in rotating foam reactors with Newtonian, non-Newtonian and foaming liquids

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3317-3327

  Tschentscher, R ^a   Schubert, M ^b   Bieberle, A ^b   Nijhuis, T A ^a   van der Schaaf, J ^a   Hampel, U ^b   Schouten, J C ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gas holdup; Hydrodynamics; Multiphase reactors; Non Newtonian liquid; Solid foam; Tomography

Indexed keywords

FOAM BLOCKS; FOAMING LIQUIDS; GAS BUBBLE; GAS HOLD UP; GAS HOLD-UP DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID PROPERTIES; MASS TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; MASS TRANSFER RATE; MULTI-PHASE REACTOR; NEWTONIANS; NON-NEWTONIAN; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; REACTOR DESIGNS; REACTOR SYSTEMS; ROTATING SOLIDS; ROTATIONAL SPEED; SLURRY REACTOR; SOLID FOAM; THREE PHASE REACTOR;

GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; OPTIMIZATION; ROTATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACE TENSION; TOMOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS;

EID: 79958704548     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.01.051     Document Type: Article

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