A cellular automata model for liquid distribution in trickle bed reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 4930-4943

  Alopaeus, Ville ^a,b   Hynynen, Katja ^a   Aittamaa, Juhani ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Catalyst wetting; Cellular automata; Dispersion; Liquid distribution; Packed beds; Random walk; Trickle bed reactors

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; POROSITY; PULSATILE FLOW; WETTING;

CATALYST WETTING; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; LIQUID DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM WALK; TRICKLE BED REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; POROSITY; PULSATILE FLOW; WETTING;

EID: 33744536461     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.03.033     Document Type: Article

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