Liquid holdup distribution in packed columns: Gamma ray tomography and CFD simulation

Chemical Engineering and Processing

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 473-483

  Yin, Fuhe ^a   Afacan, Artin ^a   Nandakumar, K ^a   Chuang, Karl T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow distribution; Gamma ray; Liquid holdup distribution; Packed beds

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GAMMA RAYS; HYDRODYNAMICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

LIQUID HOLDUP DISTRIBUTIONS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; HOLD-UP; LIQUID FLOW; PACKED COLUMN; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036008401     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0255-2701(01)00167-2     Document Type: Article

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