Trickle flow hydrodynamic multiplicity: Experimental observations and pore-scale capillary mechanism

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1267-1284

  Van der Merwe, Werner ^a   Nicol, Willie ^b  

^a SASOL TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic multiplicity; Hydrodynamics; Hysteresis; Multiphase flow; Packed bed; Trickle flow

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTACT ANGLE; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYSTERESIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PACKED BEDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

CAPILLARY PRESSURES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; FLOW HISTORY; HYDRODYNAMIC FLOWS; HYDRODYNAMIC MULTIPLICITY; HYDRODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; LIMITING CASE; LIQUID DISTRIBUTIONS; LIQUID HOLD-UP; PACKED BED; PORE-NETWORK MODELS; PRE-WETTING; PROCESS INDUSTRIES; ROOT CAUSE; SYSTEM CONDITIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL PORES; TRICKLE FLOW; TRICKLE-BED REACTORS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 59349101537     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.10.069     Document Type: Article

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