Effects of surfactants on hydrodynamics and mass transfer in a split-cylinder airlift reactor

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-99

  Moraveji, Mostafa Keshavarz ^a   Pasand, Mohamad Morovati ^a   Davarnejad, Reza ^a   Chisti, Yusuf ^b  

^a ARAK UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Airlift reactor; Gas hold up; Gas liquid mass transfer; Liquid circulation; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

AIR-LIFT REACTORS; AIR-WATER; BUBBLE SIZE; ENHANCING EFFECT; FILM MASS-TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; GAS HOLD-UP; GAS-LIQUID INTERFACIAL AREAS; GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER; GAS-LIQUID VOLUMETRIC MASS TRANSFER; INTERFACIAL AREAS; LIQUID CIRCULATION; LIQUID CIRCULATION RATES; NONIONIC; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; TWEEN 80;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); GASES; LIQUID FILMS; MASS TRANSFER; SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS;

EID: 84855213842     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20516     Document Type: Article

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