Flow through packed bed reactors: 2. Two-phase concurrent downflow

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 6958-6970

  Nemec, Damjan ^a,c   Levec, Janez ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c AKZO NOBEL CENTRAL RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Liquid holdup; Momentum transfer; Multiphase flow; Packed bed; Pressure drop; Relative permeability

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PACKING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE DROP; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); TWO PHASE FLOW;

LIQUID HOLDUP; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PACKED BED REACTORS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

PACKED BEDS;

MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PACKED BED;

EID: 24344494820     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.05.069     Document Type: Article

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