Particle wetting distribution in trickle-bed reactors

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3532-3542

  Van Houwelingen, Arie Jan ^a   Sandrock, Carl ^a   Nicol, Willie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Solid liquid contacting efficiency; Trickle bed reactors; Trickle flow; Wetting efficiency

Indexed keywords

SOLID LIQUID CONTACTING EFFICIENCY; TRICKLE FLOW; TRICKLEB BED REACTORS; WETTING EFFICIENCY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WETTING;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WETTING;

EID: 33749458206     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10961     Document Type: Article

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