Pressure drop hysteresis in trickle bed reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3114-3119

  Saroha, Anil K ^a   Nandi, Indraneel ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical processes; Hydrodynamics; Hysteresis; Multiphase reactors; Packed bed; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; HYSTERESIS; PRESSURE DROP; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WETTING;

CATALYST WETTING; CHEMICAL PROCESSES; MULTIPHASE REACTORS;

PACKED BEDS;

HYDRODYNAMICS; HYSTERESIS; PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE DROP; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WETTING;

EID: 43849110293     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.03.023     Document Type: Article

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