Flow regimes in trickle beds using magnetic emulation of micro/macrogravity

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 391-402

  Munteanu, Mugurel Catalin ^a   Larachi, Faïçal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow pattern; Micro macrogravity; Pulse frequency; Trickle and pulse flow; Trickle bed

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; DIAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETISM; MAGNETS; PACKED BEDS; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; SAILING VESSELS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

AND MODELS; APPARENT GRAVITIES; ARTIFICIAL GRAVITIES; BODY FORCES; CO-CURRENT DOWNFLOW; FLOW REGIMES; GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATIONS; INHOMOGENEOUS MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIZATION FORCES; MICRO/MACROGRAVITY; PHENYLACETYLENE; PULSE FREQUENCY; SUPERCONDUCTING SOLENOID MAGNETS; THEORETICAL ANALYSES; TRANSITION BOUNDARIES; TRANSITION MODELS; TRICKLE AND PULSE FLOW; TRICKLE BED;

SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

EID: 57649211636     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.10.040     Document Type: Article

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