Hydrodynamics of pulsing flow in three-phase chemical reactors

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 38, Issue 4-6, 1999, Pages 411-426

  Burghardt, A ^a   Bartelmus, G ^a   Gancarczyk, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Gas continuous flow; Pulsing flow

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; NITROGEN; PRESSURE DROP; PULSATILE FLOW; WATER;

THREE PHASE CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CHEMICAL REACTOR; GAS FLOW; PULSATING FLOW;

EID: 0033387067     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0255-2701(99)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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