Liquid Flow Texture in Trickle-Bed Reactors: An Experimental Study

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 5133-5145

  Ravindra, P V ^a   Rao, D P ^a   Rao, M S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ALUMINA; DYES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GLASS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHASE INTERFACES; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

DYE ADSORPTION METHOD; LIQUID FLOW TEXTURE; TRICKLE BED REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

FLOW; MODELING; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

EID: 0031421715     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9703088     Document Type: Article

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