Liquid flow texture analysis in trickle bed reactors using high-resolution gamma ray tomography

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 332-340

  Schubert, Markus ^a   Hessel, Günther ^a   Zippe, Cornelius ^a   Lange, Rüdiger ^b   Hampel, Uwe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gamma ray tomography; Liquid distribution; Liquid saturation; Liquid spreading; Multiphase flow; Trickle bed

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; GAMMA RAYS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS;

GAMMA RAY TOMOGRAPHY; LIQUID DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID SATURATION; LIQUID SPREADING; TRICKLE BED;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

ALUMINA; CHEMICAL REACTORS; GAMMA RAYS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 44149108419     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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