Structured packings for multiphase catalytic reactors

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3720-3751

  Pangarkar, Kalyani ^a   Schildhauer, Tilman J ^b   Van Ommen, J Ruud ^a   Nijenhuis, John ^a   Kapteijn, Freek ^a   Moulijn, Jacob A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DROPS; ELECTRON TUBE DIODES; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MODELS; PACKED BEDS; PACKING; PRESSURE DROP; SPEED; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CATALYTIC FIXED BED REACTORS; CATALYTIC REACTIONS; CATALYTIC REACTORS; CORRUGATED SHEETS; FIXED BED REACTORS; FLOW REGIME TRANSITIONS; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS-LIQUID-SOLID; GAS-TO-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER; HEAT-TRANSFER; INTERFACIAL AREA; LIQUID HOLD UPS; MULTIPHASE REACTORS; PACKED BED REACTORS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; REACTOR DESIGNS; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; SCALE-UP; SEQUENTIAL APPROACH; SOLID MASSES; STRUCTURED CATALYSTS; STRUCTURED PACKINGS; TRANSPORT PHENOMENON; VOIDAGE;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 45149089486     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800067r     Document Type: Review

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