In situ measurements of the static liquid holdup in Katapak-SP 12TM packed column using X-ray tomography

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 6076-6080

  Aferka, Saïd ^a   Crine, Michel ^a   Saroha, Anil K ^b   Toye, Dominique ^a   Marchot, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Imaging; Multiphase reactors; Packed bed; Static liquid holdup; Tomography

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; PACKED BEDS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

PVC COLUMN; STATIC LIQUID HOLDUP;

TOMOGRAPHY;

HYDRODYNAMICS; PACKED BEDS; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34848875709     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.06.025     Document Type: Article

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