Heat transfer in a slurry bubble column reactor: A critical overview

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1464-1473

  Jhawar, A K ^a   Prakash, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; FLOW REGIME TRANSITION; FLOW REGIMES; HYDRODYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; RADIAL VARIATIONS; RATE OF CHANGE; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS; SOLID PARTICLES; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; THERMOPHYSICAL;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; RHEOLOGY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84856524488     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie201108b     Document Type: Review

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