Flow regime transition in trickle beds packed with particles of different wetting characteristics - Check-up on new tools

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 21-22, 1997, Pages 3747-3755

  Horowitz, G I ^a   Cukierman, A L ^a   Cassanello, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Flow regime transition; Foaming liquid; Hydrodynamics; Particle mixtures; Particle wetting; Trickle bed

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PACKED BEDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PULSATILE FLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSITION FLOW; WETTING;

FOURIER POWER SPECTRUM; HURST EXPONENT; TRICKLE BEDS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

FLOW; PARTICLE; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

EID: 0031278450     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00221-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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