Investigation of liquid maldistribution in packed columns by X-ray tomography

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 511-518

  Marchot, Pierre ^a   Toye, D ^a   Crine, M ^a   Pelsser, A M ^a   L'Homme, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Liquid distribution; Maldistribution factor; Packed bed; Radial dispersion; Trickle flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); VELOCITY;

LIQUID MALDISTRIBUTION; MALDISTRIBUTION FACTOR; RADIAL DISPERSION; TRICKLE FLOW; X RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

PACKED BEDS;

DISTILLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SEPARATION;

EID: 0032705310     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387699526548     Document Type: Article

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