A critical review of dispersion in packed beds

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 279-310

  Delgado, J M P Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Longitudinal dispersion; Mass transfer; Packed beds; Transverse dispersion

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; MASS TRANSFER; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VISCOSITY;

LONGITUDINAL DISPERSION; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; TRANSVERSE DISPERSION;

PACKED BEDS;

EID: 29144488797     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-005-0019-0     Document Type: Review

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