An investigation of liquid maldistribution in trickle beds

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 57, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 3543-3555

  Tsochatzidis, N A ^a   Karabelas, A J ^a   Giakoumakis, D ^a   Huff, G A ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Liquid distribution; Pulsing flow; Trickle bed

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE DROP; RADIAL FLOW;

LIQUID MALDISTRIBUTION;

PULSATILE FLOW;

HYDRODYNAMICS; PULSATING FLOW; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

EID: 0037073071     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00251-8     Document Type: Article

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