Effect of wetting geometry on overall effectiveness factors in trickle beds

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 4511-4524

  Zhu, Xiaoda ^a   Hofmann, Hanns ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catalyst effectiveness factor; Trickle bed reactor; Wetting geometry

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; WETTING;

CATALYST EFFECTIVENESS FACTOR; LANGMUIR HINDSHELWOOD MODEL; TRICKLE BED REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CATALYST; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

EID: 0031553391     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00295-9     Document Type: Article

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