Hydrodynamics and mass transfer in trickle-bed reactors: An overview

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 5329-5337

  Iliuta, Ion ^a   Ortiz Arroyo, Arturo ^a   Larachi, Faïçal ^a   Grandjean, Bernard P A ^a   Wild, Gabriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Gas liquid mass transfer; Hydrodynamics; Trickle bed reactor

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRESSURE DROP;

INTERFACIAL AREA; LIQUID HOLDUP; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

EID: 0033232028     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00259-6     Document Type: Article

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