Onset of pulsing in trickle beds: Evaluation of current tools and state-of-the-art correlation

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 751-758

  Larachi, F ^a   Iliuta, I ^a,b   Chen, M ^a   Grandjean, B P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic data base; Neural network; Trickle bed; Trickle to pulse flow transition

Indexed keywords

PULSED FLOW; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

EID: 0032748490     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450770417     Document Type: Article

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