Method for inferring contact angle and for correlating static liquid hold-up in packed beds

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2835-2855

  Ortiz Arroyo, Arturo ^a   Larachi, Faïçal ^a   Iliuta, Ion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Correlation; Meniscus; Packed bed; Static hold up; Young Laplace equation

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOLUME FRACTION;

BOND NUMBER;

PACKED BEDS;

EQUATION; LIQUID-SOLID SEPARATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PACKED BED; TRANSPORT;

EID: 0037588572     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(03)00139-8     Document Type: Article

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