Axial dispersion of liquid in gas-liquid cocurrent downflow and upflow fixed-bed reactors with porous particles

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-72

  Iliuta, I ^a   Thyrion, F C ^a   Muntean, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Axial dispersion; Downflow; Fixed bed; Three phase reactors; Upflow

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TWO PHASE FLOW;

FIXED BED REACTOR; PISTON DISPERSION EXCHANGE MODEL;

DISPERSIONS;

BED; DISPERSION; POROUS MEDIUM; REACTOR;

EID: 0031750895     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387698524488     Document Type: Article

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