Capillary network models for transport in packed beds: Considerations of pore aspect ratio

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 154, Issue , 1996, Pages 183-202

  Bhatia, Suresh K ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Diffusion; Packed bed; Pore network; Porous media

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CAPILLARY FLOW; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

CAPILLARY NETWORK MODELS; PORE ASPECT RATIO; RANDOMLY ORIENTED INTERSECTING PORES; TORTUOSITY FACTOR;

PACKED BEDS;

DIFFUSION; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; PACKED BEDS; POROUS MEDIA;

EID: 0030438798     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986449608936651     Document Type: Article

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