Effect of solid characteristics on hydrodynamic and mass transfer in a fixed bed reactor operating in co-current gas-liquid up flow

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1190-1200

  Maldonado, J G Garcia ^a   Bastoul, D ^a   Baig, S ^b   Roustan, M ^a   Hebrard G ^a  

^a UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

^b Degremont SA   (France)

Author keywords

Biofilters; Bubble diameter; Fixed bed reactor; Gas hold up; Oxygen mass transfer; Packing effect; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOFILTERS; PRESSURE DROP; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BUBBLE DIAMETER; FIXED BED REACTOR; GAS HOLD-UP; OXYGEN MASS TRANSFER; PACKING EFFECT;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOFILTERS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; PRESSURE DROP; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 43849090782     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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