Magnetic resonance imaging as a quantitative probe of gas-liquid distribution and wetting efficiency in trickle-bed reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2615-2628

  Gladden, L F ^a   Sederman, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MRI; Multiphase flow; Multiphase reactors; Packed beds; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC REACTORS; THIN FILMS; WETTING;

LIQUID RIVULETS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

HOLD-UP; TRICKLE BED REACTOR; WETTING;

EID: 0035938608     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(00)00513-3     Document Type: Article

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