Liquid-solid mass transfer for cocurrent gas-liquid upflow through solid foam packings

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2923-2933

  Wenmakers, P W A M ^a   Van Der Schaaf, J ^a   Kuster, B F M ^a   Schouten, J C ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemical reactors; Mass transfer; Multiphase reactors; Packed beds; Solid foam

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM FOAM; CATALYZED OXIDATION; CO-CURRENT UPFLOW; CORRUGATED SHEETS; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS VELOCITY; GAS-LIQUID UPFLOW; LIQUID VELOCITIES; LIQUID-SOLID MASS TRANSFER; MINIMUM VALUE; MULTIPHASE REACTORS; PER LINEAR INCHES; RANDOM PACKING; SOLID FOAM;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHEMICALS; GASES; GLUCOSE; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; PALLADIUM; POLYDISPERSITY; VELOCITY;

PACKED BEDS;

EID: 78650438761     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12204     Document Type: Article

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