Slow-mode induced pulsing in trickle-bed reactors at elevated temperature

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3891-3901

  Aydin, Bora ^a   Fries, Donata ^a,b   Lange, Rüdiger ^c   Larachi, Faïçal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elevated temperature; Hydrodynamics; Induced pulsing; Liquid holdup; Non Newtonian fluids; Trickle bed

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; DATA ACQUISITION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; INDUCED PULSING; LIQUID HOLDUP; NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; TRICKLE BEDS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DATA ACQUISITION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 33750541479     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11001     Document Type: Article

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