Statistical characterization of macroscale multiphase flow textures in trickle beds

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1647-1656

  Jiang, Y ^a   Al Dahhan, M H ^a   Dudukovic M P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Flow distribution; Moments; Multiscale flow; Statistical hydrodynamics; Trickle beds

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PACKED BEDS; POROSITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; WETTING;

TRICKLE BEDS;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

EID: 0035911486     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(00)00393-6     Document Type: Article

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