Trickle flow multiplicity: The influence of the prewetting procedure on flow hysteresis

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 85, Issue 12 A, 2007, Pages 1604-1610

  van der Westhuizen, I ^a   Du Toit, E ^a   Nicol, Willie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Multiple hydrodynamic states; Trickle flow

Indexed keywords

FLOW STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; WETTING;

LIQUID HOLDUP; MULTIPLE HYDRODYAMIC STUDIES (MHS); SUPER PREWETTED BED; TRICKLE FLOW;

HYSTERESIS;

FLOW STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYSTERESIS; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; WETTING;

EID: 38549167518     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8762(07)73205-7     Document Type: Article

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