Prediction of pressure drop and liquid holdup in trickle bed reactor using relative permeability concept in CFD

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 5870-5879

  Atta, Arnab ^a   Roy, Shantanu ^a   Nigam, K D P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

CFD; Porous media; Relative permeability; Trickle bed

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EULER EQUATIONS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; TWO PHASE FLOW;

RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; TRICKLE BED;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EULER EQUATIONS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 34748867150     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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