Measuring gas-liquid distribution in a pilot scale monolith reactor via an Industrial Tomography Scanner (ITS)

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 130, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 147-152

  Al Dahhan, M H ^a   Kemoun, A ^a,e   Cartolano, A R ^b   Roy, S ^a   Dobson, R ^c   Williams, J ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC   (United States)

^c Tracerco   (United States)

^d Corning Inc ^*  (United States)

^e Chevrontexaco   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow distribution; Industrial tomography; Monolith

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; MACHINE DESIGN; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; TOMOGRAPHY;

FLOW DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL TOMOGRAPHY; MONOLITH; TAYLOR FLOW;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; MACHINE DESIGN; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 34247893862     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2006.06.022     Document Type: Article

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