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Multiple effects of operating variables on the bubble properties in three-phase slurry bubble columns

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Flow properties of gas phase reactants such as size, rising velocity and frequency were investigated in simulated three-phase slurry bubble column reactors. Effects of gas velocity, reactor pressure, liquid viscosity, solid content in the slurry phase and column diameter on the flow properties of a gas reactant were determined. The multiple effects of operating variables on the bubble properties were well visualized by means of contour maps. The effects of operating variables on the flow properties of bubbles changed with changing column diameter of the reactor. The size, rising velocity and frequency of reactant gas bubbles were well correlated in terms of operating variables including column diameter of the reactor.

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  1. School of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daeduk Science Town, Daejeon, 305-764, Korea

    Ik Sang Shin, Sung Mo Son, Uk Yeong Kim & Yong Kang

  2. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science Technology, Daejeon, 305-701, Korea

    Sang Done Kim

  3. Synfuel Research Group, Korea Institute of Energy Research, Daejeon, 305-343, Korea

    Heon Jung

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Shin, I.S., Son, S.M., Kim, U.Y. et al. Multiple effects of operating variables on the bubble properties in three-phase slurry bubble columns. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 26, 587–591 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-009-0100-3

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