A two-fluid hydrodynamic model for the transition between trickle and pulse flow in a cocurrent gas-liquid packed-bed reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 491-511

  Attou, Abdelouahab ^a,b   Ferschneider, Gilles ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b Ctr Technol Intl Terre et Pierre   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Flow unstability; Gas liquid flow; Hydrodynamics; Packed bed reactor; Trickle flow; Trickling to pulsing transition; Two fluid model

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; PHASE INTERFACES; PULSATILE FLOW;

PACKED BED REACTORS; PULSE FLOW; TRICKLE FLOW;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

FLOW STABILITY; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; PACKED BED; TRANSITION FLOW; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

EID: 0033527480     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00344-9     Document Type: Article

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