Effect of partial wetting on liquid/solid mass transfer in trickle bed reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 7020-7025

  Baussaron, L ^a   Julcour Lebigue, C ^a   Boyer, C ^b   Wilhelm, A M ^a   Delmas, H ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Mass transfer; Multiphase reactors; Trickle bed reactors; Trickle flow; Wetting efficiency

Indexed keywords

GAS DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; TURBULENCE;

MULTIPHASE REACTORS; TRICKLE BED REACTORS; TRICKLE FLOW; WETTING EFFICIENCY;

WETTING;

GAS DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; TURBULENCE; WETTING;

EID: 36048951733     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.08.014     Document Type: Article

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