Nature of residual liquid holdup in packed beds of spherical particles

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 8363-8368

  Van Der Merwe, Werner ^a   Maree, Chandra ^a   Nicol, Willie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS);

CAPILLARY ACTION; MICROSCOPIC IMAGING; RESIDUAL LIQUID HOLDUP; SPHERICAL PARTICLES;

PACKED BEDS;

WATER;

PACKED BED;

ARTICLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID; MICROSCOPY; PACKED BED REACTOR; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOGRAPHY; WEIGHT;

EID: 11144249781     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0494521     Document Type: Article

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