USP 5922190 “Process for suppressing foam formation in a bubble column reactor”

Author: Jose Guitian, co-author
Publication date:
1999

A process for suppressing foam formation in a bubble column reactor includes the steps of feeding a liquid and a gas to a reactor at a liquid velocity and a gas velocity respectively; and adding particles of a solid material to the liquid, wherein the particles are wettable by the liquid, and whereby foam formation in the reactor is suppressed.

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