Predicting Mass Transfer in Pilot Scale External Loop Airlift Reactors using Neural Networks

ABSTRACT: An artificial neural network (ANN) was built using selected input data of Newtonian fluids in pilot scale external loop airlift reactors of varying designs, in order to predict the mass transfer coefficient in other external loop airlift reactors with more general geometry. 663 data points...

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Main Authors: N. Naidoo, W.J. Pauck, M. Carsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:South African Journal of Chemical Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1026918520300160