Liquid holdup measurement techniques in laboratory high pressure trickle bed reactors

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 759-765

  Al Dahhan, Muthanna ^a   Highfill, Wes ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

High pressure trickle bed reactors; Liquid holdup; Measurement techniques

Indexed keywords

LIQUID FLOW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

EID: 0033169655     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450770418     Document Type: Article

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