A novel countercurrent fixed bed reactor

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 831-837

  Kundu, Arunabha ^a   Bej, Shyamal K ^b   Nigam, K D P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Countercurrent operation; Hydrodynamics; Spiral coil; Trickle bed

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE DROP;

FIXED BED REACTORS; FLOW RATES; TRICKLE BED REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

FIXED BED; GAS FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

CATALYST; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUNTERCURRENT SYSTEM; FIXED BED REACTOR; GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID; PRESSURE; REACTOR;

EID: 2942543480     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450810366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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