Hydrodynamic and mass transfer characteristics in a large-scale slurry bubble column reactor for gas mixtures in actual Fischer-Tropsch cuts

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sehabiague, Laurent ^a   Morsi, Badie I ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Fischer Tropsch; Gas holdup; Mass transfer coefficient; Sauter mean bubble diameter

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE DIAMETER; FISCHER TROPSCH; GAS HOLD UP; GAS-LIQUID INTERFACIAL AREAS; LIQUID-SIDE MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MASS TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMN REACTORS; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES;

ALUMINA; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DENSITY OF GASES; GAS MIXTURES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MIXTURES; PARAFFINS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

GASES;

EID: 84881627116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijcre-2012-0042     Document Type: Article

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