Influence of gas flow rate on liquid distribution in trickle-beds using perforated plates as liquid distributors

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-11

  Llamas, Juan David ^a   Lesage, François ^a   Wild, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW RATE; GASES; TOMOGRAPHY;

GAS FORCES; GAS-FLOW RATES; LIQUID DISTRIBUTIONS; MEASURING TECHNIQUES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PERFORATED PLATES; WIRE-MESH TOMOGRAPHIES;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 61649100537     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie8001155     Document Type: Article

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