A discrete model for non-wetting liquid flow from a point source in a packed bed under the influence of gas flow

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 6855-6866

  Singh, V ^a   Gupta, G S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Force balance approach; Mathematical modelling; Multiphase flow; Packed bed; Porous media; Visualization

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; POROUS MATERIALS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FLOW PATHS; FORCE BALANCE APPROACH; GAS DRAG; NONWETTING FLOW;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

DRAG; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PACKED BEDS; POROUS MATERIALS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33748051440     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.06.023     Document Type: Article

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