Characteristics of liquid and tracer dispersion in trickle-bed reactors: Effect on CFD modeling and experimental analyses

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-49

  Lappalainen, Katja ^a,c   Gorshkova, Elena ^b   Manninen, Mikko ^b   Alopaeus, Ville ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c LVIS Projektit Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

CFD; Liquid dispersion; Multiphase flow; Packed beds; Porous media

Indexed keywords

CFD; CFD MODELING; COMPLICATED FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; LIQUID DISPERSION; LIQUID DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID SOURCES; MECHANICAL DISPERSION; POROUS MEDIA; RESULT ANALYSIS; TRACER DISPERSION; TRICKLE BED REACTOR;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PACKED BEDS; POROUS MATERIALS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 78649452368     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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