Local liquid holdups and hysteresis in a 2-D packed bed using X-ray radiography

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2178-2189

  Basavaraj, M G ^a,d   Gupta, G S ^a   Naveen, K ^a   Rudolph, V ^b   Bali, R ^a,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Holdups; Liquid hysteresis; Nonwetting flow; Packed bed; X ray

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; GAMMA RAYS; POLYSTYRENES; RADIOGRAPHY; SOLUTIONS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

HOLDUPS; LIQUID HYSTERESIS; NONWETTING FLOW; PACKED BED;

HYSTERESIS;

LIQUID FLOW; PACKED BED; X-RAY;

EID: 24944507665     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10481     Document Type: Article

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