Pressure drop and liquid holdup in Co-current Gas-liquid downflow of air-CMC solutions through packed beds

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-129

  Babu, P E Jagadeesh ^a   Arunagiri, A ^b   Reghupathic, I ^c   Murugesan, T ^d  

^a ST JOSEPH S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Liquid holdup; Packed bed contactors; Pressure drop; Two phase downflow

Indexed keywords

PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FLOW BEHAVIOR INDEX; FLOW CONSISTENCY INDEX; LIQUID HOLDUP; MORTON'S NUMBER; PACKED BED CONTACTORS; TWO-PHASE DOWNFLOW;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 34250855058     PISSN: 03529568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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