Adhesion and agglomeration of catalyst particles in three phase reactors

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1 Introduction

2 Gas-solid adhesion and solid-solid agglomeration of carbon supported catalysts in three phase slurry reactors

3 Adhesion of particles to gas bubbles under non-stagnant conditions

4 Characterisation of the hydrophobicity of activated carbon particles

5 The impact of hydrophobic activated carbon particles on the hydrodynamics of aqueous slurry bubble columns

6 Multiple-particle adhesion of hydrophobic carbons to bubbles in aqueous media: theory and experiments

7 Segregation of carbon supported catalyst particles during fructose hydrogenation in a slurry reactor

8 Concluding remarks

9 Samenvatting

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