Hydrophobic VOC absorption in two-phase partitioning bioreactors; influence of silicone oil volume fraction on absorber diameter

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 71, Issue , 2012, Pages 146-152

  Dumont, Eric ^a   Darracq, Guillaume ^b,c   Couvert, Annabelle ^b,c   Couriol, Catherine ^b,c   Amrane, Abdeltif ^b,c   Thomas, Diane ^d   Andrès, Yves ^a   Le Cloirec, Pierre ^b,c  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

^b UNIV RENNES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^d FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Absorption; Design; Mass transfer; Multiphase reactor; Packed bed; Partition coefficient

Indexed keywords

BIOSCRUBBERS; BIPHASIC; COUNTER CURRENT; DIMENSIONLESS RATIOS; DIMETHYL DISULFIDES; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; GASPHASE; HYDROPHOBIC POLLUTANTS; HYDROPHOBIC VOC; IMMISCIBLE LIQUIDS; MULTI-PHASE REACTOR; OIL MIXTURES; OIL SYSTEM; OPERATING CONDITION; PACKED COLUMN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRESSURE DROP CORRELATION; SILICONE OIL; TWO PHASE PARTITIONING BIOREACTOR;

ABSORPTION; BIOFILTRATION; DESIGN; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS TRANSFER; PACKED BEDS; POLLUTION; TOLUENE; VOLUME FRACTION;

SILICONES;

EID: 84863399599     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.12.017     Document Type: Article

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