Fluid flow through catalyst filled tubes

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1365-1376

  Bey, Oliver ^a   Eigenberger, Gerhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

bypass behaviour; catalyst packing; effective viscosity; Fixed bed reactor; fluid flow; modelling

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; RINGS (COMPONENTS); SPHERES; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BRINKMAN EQUATION; VORTMEYER PACKED BEDS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0031127045     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(96)00509-X     Document Type: Article

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