Effect of the mechanical failure of catalyst pellets on the pressure drop of a reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 3995-4004

  Wu, Dongfang ^a   Song, Lingyan ^a   Zhang, Baoquan ^a   Li, Yongdan ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bulk crushing strength; Compaction of granular material; Mechanical failure; Multi scale feature of catalyst packing; Pressure drop; Solid catalyst packing

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); PRESSURE DROP; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CATALYST PELLETS;

CATALYSTS;

REACTOR;

EID: 0141684616     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(03)00286-0     Document Type: Article

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