Correlating gas-liquid co-current flow hydrodynamics in packed beds using the F-function concept

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-112

  Radilla, Giovanni ^a   Fourar, Mostafa ^a   Larachi, Faiçal ^b  

^a NANCY UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forchheimer equation; Hydrodynamics; Packed beds

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE DROP; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

FORCHHEIMER EQUATIONS; PHASE SATURATION; POWER-LAW COMPONENTS; PRESSURE GRADIENTS (PG);

PACKED BEDS;

GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; PACKED BED;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FILTER REACTOR; GAS FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PACKED BED REACTOR; PERMEABILITY; PREDICTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; UPFLOW REACTOR;

EID: 11844285682     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.1147     Document Type: Article

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