Hydrodynamics of the cocurrent downflow of a gas and a foaming liquid through a packed bed. Part I. Estimation of the transition boundary between the hydrodynamic regimes from the gas continuous flow to the pulsing flow

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-179

  Bartelmus, Grazyna ^a   Janecki, Daniel ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Three phase reactors; Transition line between hydrodynamic regimes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INERT GASES; NITROGEN; PULSATILE FLOW; SOLUTIONS;

GAS CONTINUOUS FLOW;

PACKED BEDS;

FOAMING; GAS FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; PACKED BED; PULSATING FLOW; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0142228623     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0255-2701(03)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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