Pictures of the Experimental Set-up

Photographs of equipment used in the experiments are shown below. Click on a picture to enlarge it.

TIRAvib 5220 vibration exciter unit	Close-up on vibration exciter unit	Gas distributor without membrane section
Gas distributor with membrane section	Silicon rubber membrane	Membrane mounted between two metal discs Only top disc is shown
Lower section of the arilift reactor	Airlift reactor column mounted on vibration exciter	Gas bubbles ascending in the riser tube
Upper section of the airlift reactor	Focus on the gas-liquid separator	PC and Power Amplifier

A screen shot of the software used to control the vibration exciter is shown below:

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