Flow regimes, liquid holdups and two-phase pressure drop for two-phase cocurrent downflow and upflow through packed beds: Air/Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquid systems

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 21-22, 1997, Pages 4045-4053

  Iliuta, I ^a   Thyrion, F C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fixed beds; Gas non Newtonian liquid systems; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

COCURRENT FLOW; LIQUID HOLDUPS;

PACKED BEDS;

AIR; FLOW; NEWTONIAN FLUID; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; PACKED BED;

EID: 0031279939     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00247-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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