Axial dispersion in gases flowing through a packed bed at elevated pressures

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2099-2108

  Benneker, A H ^a   Kronberg, A E ^a   Post, J W ^a   Van Der Ham, A G J ^a   Westerterp, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; GAS FLOWS; PACKED BEDS;

AXIAL FLOW; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CURVE FITTING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NITROGEN; PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BODENSTEIN NUMBER; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; DENSITY GRADIENTS; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; UPWARD GAS FLOW;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 0030131398     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00067-X     Document Type: Article

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