A study of local liquid/solid mass transfer in packed beds under trickling and induced pulsing flow

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 7684-7696

  Trivizadakis, M E ^a   Karabelas, A J ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Induced pulsing; Local liquid solid mass transfer; Trickle beds

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PACKED BEDS;

INDUCED PULSING; SOLID MASS TRANSFER; TRICKLE BEDS;

MASS TRANSFER;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; PACKED BEDS;

EID: 33750490126     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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