Lateral mixing in trickle bed reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 7053-7059

  Babu, B V ^a   Shah, K J ^b   Govardhana Rao, V ^c  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^b IBM   (Switzerland)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Dispersed bubble flow; Heat transfer; Lateral mixing; Liquid distribution; Mass transfer; Mixing; Packed bed; Trickle bed reactor

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; PACKED BEDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DISPERSED BUBBLE FLOW; LATERAL MIXING; LIQUID DISTRIBUTION; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; PACKED BEDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 36049046646     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.08.042     Document Type: Article

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