Trickle bed hydrodynamics and flow regime transition at elevated temperature for a Newtonian and a non-Newtonian liquid

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 6687-6701

  Aydin, Bora ^a   Larachi, Faïçal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b ARKEMA   (France)

Author keywords

Elevated temperature; Hydrodynamics; Non newtonian fluids; Pulsing flow; Transition boundary; Trickle bed

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PULSATILE FLOW; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ELEVATED TEMPERATURES; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; TRANSITION BOUNDARY; TRICKLE BEDS;

NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS;

FLOW REGIME RELATIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NEWTONIAN FLUID; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

EID: 24044508290     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.05.065     Document Type: Article

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