Effect of the nonuniformity of the inlet liquid distribution on the trickle-bed reactor output in an exothermic reaction accompanied by evaporation

Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 472-482

  Kireenkov, V V ^a   Shigarov, A B ^a   Kuzin, N A ^a   Bocharov, A A ^a   Kirillov, V A ^a  

^a BORESKOV INSTITUTE OF CATALYSIS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOTHERMIC REACTION; INLET LIQUID DISTRIBUTION; PHASE HYDROGENATION; TRICKLE BED REACTOR; WETTED SURFACE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDROGENATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; WETTING;

INTAKE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33750028741     PISSN: 00405795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0040579506050046     Document Type: Article

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