Effect of surface tension gradient on gas hold-up enhancement in aqueous solutions of electrolytes

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2552-2559

  Syeda, Sultana R ^a   Reza, Md Jahangir ^a  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bubble coalescence; Bubble columns; Electrolytes; Gas hold up; Surface tension gradient

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COALESCENCE; EFFECT OF ADDITION; GAS HOLD-UP; LABORATORY SCALE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MAXIMUM VALUES; SURFACE TENSION GRADIENT;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; COALESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTROLYTES; EXPERIMENTS; GASES; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE TENSION;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 82855175254     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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