Catalyst wetting characteristics in trickle-bed reactors

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2253-2263

  Kundu, Arunabha ^a   Nigam, K D P ^a   Verma, R P ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; RADIOISOTOPES; WETTING;

INTERFACIAL DRAG;

CATALYSTS;

TRACER;

CATALYST; EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; TORTUOSITY; TRICKLE BED REACTOR; WETTING;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYST; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENT; FILTER REACTOR; FORCE; GAS; LIQUID; LITERATURE; MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0141848428     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690490904     Document Type: Article

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