Simulations of structures in packed columns and validation by x-ray tomography

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 202-213

  Caulkin, R ^a   Jia, X ^a   Xu, C ^b   Fairweather, M ^e   Williams, R A ^a   Stitt, H ^a,c   Nijemeisland, M ^c   Aferka, S ^d   Crine, M ^d   Leonard A ^d   Toye, D ^d   Marchot, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Leeds Innovation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNSON MATTHEY CATALYSTS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ORE PELLETS; PACKED BEDS; PELLETIZING;

BULK DENSITIES; DISTINCT ELEMENT METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; MODEL VALIDATIONS; NON-SPHERICAL; ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTIONS; PACKED COLUMNS; PACKING ALGORITHMS; PACKING DENSITIES; PACKING STRUCTURES; PARTICLE-WALL INTERACTIONS; SIMULATION RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHIC; X-RAY COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHIES; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHIES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 61649101291     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800033a     Document Type: Article

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