Experimental characterisation of flow regimes in various porous media-I: Limit of laminar flow regime

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3751-3761

  Seguin, D ^a   Montillet, A ^a   Comiti, J ^a  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

Author keywords

Capillary representation; Electrochemical probes; Flow regimes; Packed bed; Reticulated media; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; PACKED BEDS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; PROBES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CAPILLARY REPRESENTATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROBES; FLOW REGIMES; LAMINARIZING EFFECT; RETICULATED MEDIA;

LAMINAR FLOW;

FLOW PATTERN; LAMINAR FLOW; PACKED BED; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0032216258     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00175-4     Document Type: Article

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