Insights into the mechanism of the trickle-to-pulse transition in trickle-bed reactors

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6320-6331

  Gladden, L F ^a   Anadon, L D ^a   Lim, M H M ^a   Sederman, A J ^a   Stitt, E H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNSON MATTHEY CATALYSTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; GAS DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULSATILE FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FIXED-BED REACTORS; LIQUID DISTRIBUTION; PULSING EVENTS; TRICKLE-TO-PULSE TRANSITION;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

EID: 23844558220     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0402362     Document Type: Article

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