Static liquid hold-up and capillary rise in packed beds

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 2985-2992

  Kramer, G J ^a  

^a SHELL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capillary rise; Liquid hold up; Packed beds; Trickle flow

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SPHERES;

CAPILLARY RISE; LIQUID HOLD-UP;

PACKED BEDS;

CAPILLARY FLOW; HOLD-UP; PACKED BED; SPHERICAL PARTICLE;

EID: 0032555427     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)80001-8     Document Type: Article

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