Design and selection of sparger for bubble column reactor. Part II: Optimum sparger type and design

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1986-1995

  Kulkarni, Anand V ^a   Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Gas distributor; Gas liquid reactions; Multiple ring sparger; Radial sparger; Sieve plate sparger; Sparger; Spider sparger; Weeping

Indexed keywords

GAS DISTRIBUTOR; GAS-LIQUID REACTION; MULTIPLE RING; RADIAL SPARGER; SIEVE PLATE SPARGER; SPARGER; SPIDER SPARGER; WEEPING;

ASPECT RATIO; DESIGN; FEATURE EXTRACTION; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 80052794428     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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