Multiphase reactors - revisited

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 1999, Pages 1975-1995

  Dudukovic, Milorad P ^a   Larachi, Faical ^b   Mills, Patrick L ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Ebullated bed; Fluid dynamics; Trickle bed

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; STANDARDS;

BUBBLE COLUMN; EBULLATED BED; MULTIPHASE REACTORS; SCALE UP RULES; TRANSPORT PARAMETER;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

BUBBLE DISTILLATION COLUMN; FLUID DYNAMICS; PACKED BED; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

EID: 0033165965     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00367-4     Document Type: Article

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