Counter-current operation of a structured catalytically packed-bed reactor: Liquid phase mixing and mass transfer

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 5145-5152

  Higler, A P ^a,b   Krishna, R ^a   Ellenberger, J ^a   Taylor, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Counter current flow; Liquid backmixing; Mass transfer; Structured packings

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COUNTER CURRENT OPERATION; LIQUID BACKMIXING; PACKED BED REACTOR; STRUCTURED PACKINGS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

LIQUID-LIQUID MIXING; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PACKED BED;

EID: 0033231940     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00229-8     Document Type: Article

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