Modelling of unsteady-state hydrodynamics in periodically operated trickle-bed reactors:Influence of the liquid-phase physical properties

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 7011-7019

  Brkljac, Bojana ^a   Bludowsky, Thomas ^a   Dietrich, Wulf ^a   Grünewald, Marcus ^a   Agar, David W ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic simulation; Hydrodynamics; Mathematical modelling; Periodic operation; Reaction engineering; Trickle bed reactors

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

PERIODIC OPERATION; REACTION ENGINEERING; TRICKLE-BED REACTORS;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 36048983104     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.08.046     Document Type: Article

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