Gas-liquid distributors for trickle-bed reactors: A review

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 6164-6182

  Maiti, R N ^a   Nigam, K D P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

GAS LIQUID DISTRIBUTORS; INERT PARTICLE LAYER; V NOTCH;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34748844024     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie070255m     Document Type: Review

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