Gas - Liquid two-phase flow through packed beds in microgravity

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 557-565

  Motil, Brian J ^a   Balakotaiah, Vemuri ^b   Kamotani, Yasuhiro ^c  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FRICTION; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TWO PHASE FLOW;

ERGUN EQUATIONS;

MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING;

FLOW PATTERN; FLOW REGIME RELATIONS; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROGRAVITY; PACKED BED; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; FRICTION; GAS; GAS FLOW; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROGRAVITY; PACKED BED REACTOR; PRESSURE;

EID: 0037351512     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690490303     Document Type: Article

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