Computing radial packing properties from the distribution of particle centers

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 56, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 5693-5707

  Mariani, N J ^a,b   Martinez O M ^a,c   Barreto, G F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Packed bed structure; Particle distribution; Particle surface area; Voidage profile

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; INTEGRATION; PACKING; SPHERES;

SURFACE AREAS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

ASPECT RATIO; PACKED BED; PACKING; VOID;

EID: 0035899853     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(01)00295-0     Document Type: Article

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