Influence of Buoyancy Forces on the Flow of Gases through Packed Beds at Elevated Pressures

AIChE Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 263-270

  Benneker, A H ^a   Kronberg, A E ^a   Westerterp, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; BUOYANCY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISPERSIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

PACKED BED COLUMNS;

PIPE FLOW;

BUOYANCY; FLOW; GAS; PACKED BED;

EID: 0032006424     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690440205     Document Type: Article

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