Cyclic variation of the liquid flow residence time in periodically operated trickle-bed reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1230-1238

  Borremans, Didier ^a   Rode, Sabine ^a   Wild, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Multiphase reactors; Periodic operation; Porous media; Trickle bed reactor

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POROUS MATERIALS;

MULTIPHASE REACTORS; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 33845911732     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.05.052     Document Type: Article

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