Wire mesh tomography applied to trickle beds: A new way to study liquid maldistribution

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 47, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1765-1770

  Llamas, Juan David ^a   Pérat, Cédric ^a   Lesage, François ^a   Weber, Mathieu ^a   D'Ortona, Umberto ^b   Wild, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Liquid distribution; Metrology; Trickle bed

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRODES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

LIQUID DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID MALDISTRIBUTION; TRICKLE BED;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRODES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 44949129956     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2007.09.017     Document Type: Article

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