Wetting topology in trickle bed reactors

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1850-1860

  Baussaron, Loïc ^a   Julcour Lebigue, Carine ^a   Wilhelm, Anne Marie ^a,b   Delmas, Henri ^a   Boyer, Christophe ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Dye adsorption; Image processing; PIV; Trickle bed reactor; Wettability; Wetting efficiency

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COLORIMETRIC ANALYSIS; CONTACT ANGLE; DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING; POROUS MATERIALS;

PIV ANALYSIS; TRICKLE BED REACTORS; WETTING EFFICIENCY;

WETTING;

ADSORPTION; COLORIMETRIC ANALYSIS; CONTACT ANGLE; DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING; POROUS MATERIALS; WETTING;

EID: 34447523904     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11189     Document Type: Article

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