PREDICTION OF MIXING TIME IN AIRLIFT REACTORS
- 1 March 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Chemical Engineering Communications
- Vol. 133 (1), 1-9
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00986449508936308
Abstract
A correlation was derived for prediction of the mixing time in airlift reactors in the air-water systems, using gas velocity and construction characteristics of the reactor only.Keywords
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