List of Abbreviations |
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List of Symbols |
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About the Book |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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1 Introduction |
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1.3 Application of a Gas-Interacting Slurry Reactor |
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1.4 Some Other Important Three-Phase Applications |
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1.5 Advantages of a Gas-Interacting Slurry Reactor |
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21 | (1) |
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1.6 Challenges of a Gas-Interacting Slurry Reactor |
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22 | (1) |
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2 Gas Distribution |
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2.2 Gas Distribution by Entrainment in a Downflow Gas-Interacting Slurry Column Reactor |
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38 | (5) |
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2.3 Characteristics of Liquid Jets |
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43 | (4) |
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47 | (3) |
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2.5 Performance of the Plunging Jets for Gas Entrainment |
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50 | (2) |
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2.6 Model for Estimation of Film-Wise Entrainment by a Liquid Jet |
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52 | (3) |
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2.7 Minimum Jet Velocity for Gas Entrainment |
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55 | (1) |
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2.8 Energy Efficiency of Gas Entrainment |
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56 | (2) |
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58 | (1) |
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3 Gas Hold-Up Characteristics |
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3.1 Definition of Gas Hold-Up |
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64 | (2) |
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3.2 Importance of Gas Hold-Up |
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3.3 Method to Estimate the Gas Hold-Up |
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3.4 Estimation of Gas Hold-Up in Downflow Gas-Interacting Slurry Reactor |
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3.5 Effect of Different Variables on Gas Hold-Up in Slurry Bubble Column |
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71 | (5) |
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3.6 Effect of Operating Variables on Gas Hold-Up in a Downflow Gas-Interacting Slurry Reactor |
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76 | (2) |
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3.7 Analysis of Gas Hold-Up |
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78 | (18) |
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96 | (1) |
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4 Frictional Pressure Drop |
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102 | (3) |
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4.2 Theory of Three-Phase Frictional Pressure Drop |
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4.3 Effects of Operating Variables on Frictional Pressure Drop |
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4.4 Analysis of Frictional Pressure Drop |
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111 | (16) |
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127 | (9) |
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136 | (1) |
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5 Bubble Size Distribution |
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141 | (36) |
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5.2 Estimation of Bubble Size |
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144 | (2) |
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5.3 Equivalent Bubble Diameter |
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146 | (2) |
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5.4 Bubble Size Distribution and its Prediction |
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148 | (4) |
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5.5 Maximum Stable Bubble Diameter |
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152 | (2) |
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5.6 Energy Dissipation By Bubble Motion |
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5.7 Analysis of Axial Bubble Size Distribution |
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156 | (3) |
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5.8 Bubble Exchange Model |
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5.9 Other Important Population Balance Models |
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164 | (8) |
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172 | (1) |
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6 Dispersion Phenomena |
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178 | (2) |
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6.2 Estimation of Intensity of Dispersion |
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180 | (1) |
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6.3 Residence Time Distribution (RTD) |
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6.4 Effect of Different Variables on Dispersion Coefficient |
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184 | (5) |
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6.5 Analysis of the Dispersion by Velocity Distribution Model |
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189 | (5) |
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6.6 Efficiency of the Dispersion |
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194 | (6) |
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200 | (1) |
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7 Mass Transfer Phenomena |
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203 | (30) |
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204 | (1) |
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7.2 Mechanisms of Mass Transfer in a Gas-Interacting Slurry Reactor |
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205 | (4) |
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7.3 Measurement of Mass Transfer Coefficient |
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209 | (8) |
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7.4 Effect of Variables on Mass Transfer Coefficient |
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7.5 Mass Transfer Efficiency Based on Mixing |
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224 | (3) |
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7.6 Prediction of Mass Transfer Efficiency |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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228 | (5) |
Suggestions for Further Study |
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Index |
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