The hydrodynamics of trickling flow in packed beds operating at high pressures. The relative permeability concept

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 56, Issue 21-22, 2001, Pages 5955-5962

  Nemec, Damjan ^a   Berčič, Gorazd ^a   Levec, Janez ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Experimental data; High pressure; Hydrodynamics; Packed bed; Relative permeability; Trickling flow

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PACKED BEDS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP;

FLUID-FLUID INTERACTIONS; TRICKLE-BED REACTORS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

DATABASE; HIGH PRESSURE APPLICATION; HOLD-UP; HYDRODYNAMICS; PACKED BED; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 0035941250     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(01)00216-0     Document Type: Article

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