The generalized slit model: Pressure gradient, liquid holdup and wetting efficiency in gas-liquid trickle flow

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 5039-5045

  Iliuta, Ion ^a   Larachi, Faïçal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Modeling; Trickle bed reactor; Wetting efficiency

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE DROP; SHEAR STRESS; TWO PHASE FLOW; WETTING;

GAS LIQUID TRICKLE FLOW; LIQUID HOLDUP; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

HOLD-UP; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TRICKLE BED REACTOR; WETTING;

EID: 0033231739     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00228-6     Document Type: Article

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