Experimental and numerical simulation of discrete liquid flow in a packed bed

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 21-22, 1997, Pages 4013-4019

  Wang, G X ^a   Liu, D Y ^a   Litster, J D ^a   Yu, A B ^c   Chew, S J ^b   Zulli, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cold model experiment; Discrete liquid flow; Gas liquid flow; Modelling; Packed bed; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); RANDOM PROCESSES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DISCRETE LIQUID FLOW; FORCE BALANCE MODEL;

PACKED BEDS;

FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PACKED BED;

EID: 0031279236     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00244-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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