The sections in this article are
Introduction
Types of Slurry Reactor
Slurry Bubble Column Reactor
Other Reactor Types
Hydrodynamics of Slurry Reactors
Flow Regimes
Minimum Suspension Conditions
Average Bubble Diameter
Backmixing
Gas Holdup
Bubble Rise Velocity
Mass Transfer in Slurry Reactors
Volumetric Liquid‐Side Mass‐Transfer Coefficient (
k
L
a
)
k
L
a
in the Slurry Bubble Column
k
L
a
in the Stirred Tank
Gas–Liquid Specific Interfacial Area (
a
)
Liquid‐Side Mass‐Transfer Coefficient at the Gas–Liquid Interface (
k
L
)
Gas‐Side Mass‐Transfer Coefficient (
k
G
)
Liquid‐Solid Mass‐Transfer Coefficient (
k
S
)
Enhancement of Gas–Liquid Mass Transfer
Adsorptive Transport (“Shuttle Mechanism”)
Absorption with Heterogeneous Catalytic Reaction
Reactive Particles
Optimum Catalyst Size
Heat Transfer in Slurry Reactors
Concluding Remarks
Acknowledgments