Mechanism of the trickle-to-pulse flow transition in fixed-bed reactors

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1522-1532

  Anadon, Laura D ^a   Sederman, Andrew J ^a   Gladden, Lynn F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic transition; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pulsing regime; Trickle bed reactor; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PULSATILE FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

HYDRODYNAMIC TRANSITIONS; PULSING REGIME; TRANSITION POINT; TRICKLE-BED REACTOR;

TRANSITION FLOW;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PULSATILE FLOW; TRANSITION FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33645655827     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10737     Document Type: Article

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