Liquid flow through packed columns of cooked wood chips

Appita Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 218-223

  Lee, Quak Foo ^a   Bennington, Chad P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chip size distribution; Compressibility; Flow resistance; Liquor flow; Packed bed; Pressure drop; Wood chips

Indexed keywords

CHIP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; FLOW RESISTANCE; LIQUOR FLOW; PACKED BED;

COMPACTION; COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUIDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LIGNIN; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE DROP; PULP; PULP COOKING;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

CHIPS; COMPACTION; COMPRESSIBILITY; FLUID FLOW; HEATING; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

EID: 2942635808     PISSN: 10386807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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