Structure of trickle-to-pulse flow regime transition and pulse dynamics at elevated temperature in slow-mode cyclic operation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1510-1522

  Aydin, Bora ^a   Larachi, Faïçal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elevated temperature; Induced pulsing; Transition boundary; Trickle bed

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; INDUCED PULSING; TRANSITION BOUNDARY; TRICKLE BED;

TRANSITION FLOW;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSITION FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 38949100096     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.11.026     Document Type: Article

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