Mass transfer studies in shallow bubble column reactors

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 62, Issue , 2012, Pages 18-25

  Lau, Raymond ^a   Lee, Pei Hui Venus ^a   Chen, Tao ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bubble; Bubble columns; Gas holdup; Gas liquid mass transfer; Hydrodynamics; Shallow bed

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS; BUBBLE RISING; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; COLUMN OPERATIONS; DEAD ZONES; GAS DISTRIBUTOR; GAS HOLD UP; GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER; INTERFACIAL MASS TRANSFER; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; LIQUID HEIGHT; LIQUID-SIDE MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MASS TRANSFER PROCESS; MASS TRANSFER STUDIES; SENSOR RESPONSE; SHALLOW BED; SINGLE NOZZLE; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; VOLUMETRIC MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

BUBBLE COLUMNS; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; SENSORS; SORPTION; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84869872704     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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