Enhanced liquid spreading due to porosity

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2817-2820

  Maiti, R N ^a,b   Khanna, R ^a   Sen, P K ^b   Nigam, K D P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b ENGINEERS INDIA LIMITED   (India)

Author keywords

Liquid spreading; Porous solids; Trickle bed reactor; Wettability

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; WETTING;

LIQUID SPREADING; TRICKLE BED REACTORS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

LIQUID; POROSITY; SPREADING RATE; TRICKLE BED REACTOR; WETTING;

EID: 2942623790     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.04.017     Document Type: Article

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