Evaluation on the dependence of multiphase flow and reaction upon the morphology of a porous media network

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 8459-8470

  Cheng, Zhen Min ^a   Fang, Xiang Chen ^a,b   Zhou, Zhi Ming ^a   Huang, Zi Bin ^a   Yuan, Wei Kang ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SINOPEC   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIXED-BED REACTOR; PELLET SIZE; TRICKLE BEDS;

MORPHOLOGY; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POROUS MATERIALS; VOID FRACTION;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POROUS MATERIALS; VOID FRACTION;

EID: 37249045518     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0706055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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