Trickle bed reactors

Reviews in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 207-347

  Saroha, Anil K ^a   Nigam, K D P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; FLOW; TRICKLE BED REACTORS;

EID: 0030439337     PISSN: 01678299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVCE.1996.12.3-4.207     Document Type: Article

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