A review of recent advances in airlift reactors technology with emphasis on environmental remediation

J Behin, P Amiri - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Airlift reactors (ALRs) and airlift bioreactors (ALBRs) have been widely used in many sectors
over the past decade. Although most articles have focused on the new design to improve the …

Study of sparger design effects on the hydrodynamic and mass transfer characteristics of a D-shape hybrid airlift reactor

A Berouaken, R Rihani, FS Marra - Chemical Engineering Research and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effect of sparger designs on a D-shape hybrid airlift reactor
(DHALR) performances. The designs of airlift and torus reactors were combined to get the …

Shear rate and mass transfer coefficient in internal loop airlift reactors involving non-Newtonian fluids

N Kumar, A Bansal, R Gupta - Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2018 - Elsevier
The shear rate and mass transfer coefficient play a key role in the chemical/biochemical
processes and are considered as the most important parameters for the design of airlift …

Predicting hydrodynamic parameters and volumetric gas–liquid mass transfer coefficient in an external-loop airlift reactor by support vector regression

P Kojić, R Omorjan - Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2017 - Elsevier
For modeling, design and scale-up of the airlift reactors, it is crucial to estimate
hydrodynamic parameters and volumetric gas–liquid mass transfer coefficient for different …

Influence of the Sparger Type and Added Alcohol on the Gas Holdup of an External‐Loop Airlift Reactor

PS Kojić, MS Tokić, IM Šijački, NL Lukić… - Chemical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The influences of alcohol adding and three different gas spargers (single orifice, perforated
plate, and sinter plate) on the gas holdup in an external‐loop airlift reactor were studied. The …

Hydrodynamics of an external-loop airlift reactor with inserted membrane

PS Kojić, SS Popović, MS Tokić, IM Šijački… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
The objective of this study was to investigate the hydrodynamics of an external-loop airlift
membrane reactor (ELAMR). The ELAMR was operated in two modes: without (mode A) and …

Marangoni effect on hydrodynamics and mass transfer behavior in an internal loop airlift reactor under elevated pressure

Y Wang, X Shen, H Zhang, T Wang - AIChE Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Marangoni effect on the hydrodynamics and mass transfer was studied in an internal
loop airlift reactor with the addition of ethanol under elevated pressure. The overall gas …

Effect of surface tension on hydrodynamics and mass transfer coefficient in airlift reactors

N Kumar, R Gupta, A Bansal - Chemical Engineering & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The hydrodynamics and volumetric mass transfer coefficient play important roles in the
design and scale‐up of airlift reactors. The effect of surface tension on hydrodynamics and …

Oxygen mass transfer characteristics in an internal‐loop airlift reactor with preset trumpet‐shaped riser

K Pi, L Huang, Z Li, L Gao… - Asia‐Pacific Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A size‐adjustable trumpet‐shaped riser was installed into a conventional airlift
reactor to form a modified internal‐loop airlift reactor (ILAR). The volumetric oxygen mass …

Volumetric gas-liquid mass transfer coefficient in an external-loop airlift reactor with inserted membrane

PS Kojić, IM Šijački, NL Lukić, DZ Jovičević… - Chemical Industry …, 2016 - doiserbia.nb.rs
The effects of the inserted membrane in the downcomer of an external-loop airlift reactor, the
gas sparger type (single orifice and sinter plate) and added alcohol (ethanol, n-butanol, or n …