Assessment of the local hydrodynamic zones in a three-phase airlift reactor: Looking for the lowest liquid-phase Re;Evaluación de las zonas hidrodinámicas locales en un reactor airlift trifásico: Buscando el Re de fase líquida más bajo

Revista Mexicana de Ingeniera Quimica

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-65

  Lizardi Jimenez M A ^a   Gutierrez Rojas M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Airlift; Downcomer; Hydrodynamics; Re; Riser; Three phase

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960326709     PISSN: 16652738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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