Hydrodynamic continuum model for gas-liquid fixed beds operating in trickle flow and pre-loading regimes

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 790-798

  Iliuta, I ^a   Larachi, F ^a   Iliuta, M C ^a   Grandjean, B P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Liquid hold up; Modified Kozeny Carman drag closure; Pressure drop; Slit model drag closure; Trickle and packed beds; Volume averaging

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DRAG; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRESSURE DROP;

FIXED-BED REACTORS;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

FIXED BED; HYDRODYNAMICS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; PACKED BED; PRELOADING; PRESSURE DROP; TRICKLE BED REACTOR; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0036772054     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387602320776867     Document Type: Article

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