Radial void fraction correlation for annular packed beds

AIChE Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2458-2460

  Mueller, G E ^a  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTEGRATION; MASS TRANSFER; SPHERES;

ANNULAR PACKED BEDS; RADIAL VOID FRACTION CORRELATION;

PACKED BEDS;

FLUID FLOW; FRACTIONATION; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NOTE; OSCILLATION;

EID: 0033230578     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690451119     Document Type: Note

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