CFD modelling of multiphase flow distribution in trickle beds

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 342-355

  Lopes, Rodrigo J G ^a   Quinta Ferreira, Rosa M ^a  

^a GERSE Group on Environment   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CFD; Liquid distribution; Liquid holdup; Pressure drop; Trickle bed reactor

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BREEDER REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROPS; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW RATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; AXIAL PROFILES; CFD; CFD MODELLING; CFD-SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GRIDS; DROP PROFILES; EULERIAN; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW DISTRIBUTIONS; GAS AND LIQUID FLOWS; GAS-FLOW RATES; GAS-RICH ZONES; HYDRODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; LIQUID DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID FLOW RATES; LIQUID HOLDUP; LIQUID SUPERFICIAL VELOCITIES; MESH DENSITIES; MODEL PREDICTIONS; MULTI-PHASE MODELS; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; ON FLOWS; OPERATING PRESSURES; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; RADIAL PRESSURES; SOLID PHASIS; TIME STEPS; TIME-AVERAGED; TRICKLE BEDS; TRICKLE-BED REACTOR; TRICKLING FLOWS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 60649089527     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.11.048     Document Type: Article

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