Partial wetting in trickle bed reactors: Measurement techniques and global wetting efficiency

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 8397-8405

  Baussaron, Loïc ^a   Julcour Lebigue, Carine ^a   Wilhelm, Anne Marie ^a   Boyer, Christophe ^b   Delmas, Henri ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; DROPS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRESSURE DROP; WETTING;

OPERATING PARAMETER; TRICKLE BED REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DROPS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRESSURE DROP; WETTING;

EID: 37249087242     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie070030b     Document Type: Conference Paper

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