Gas and liquid phase distribution and their effect on reactor performance in the monolith film flow reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 56, Issue 21-22, 2001, Pages 5935-5944

  Heibel, A K ^a   Scheenen, T W J ^b   Heiszwolf, J J ^c   Van As, H ^b   Kapteijn, F ^c   Moulijn, J A ^c  

^a Science and Technology Division   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CFD; Film flow; Flow distribution; Monolith; MRI; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MASS TRANSFER;

PHASE DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

FILM; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONOLITH REACTOR;

EID: 0035941283     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(01)00229-9     Document Type: Article

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