Fluid flow and solid/fluid suspensions flow in 3-D packed beds of spheres: The effect of periodicity of fixed beds

Defect and Diffusion Forum

Volumn 312-315, Issue , 2011, Pages 871-876

  Serrenho, A ^a,b   Miguel, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Deposition; Fluid flow; Inertial factor; Packed beds; Penetration efficiency; Permeability; Solid fluid suspensions flow

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; EFFICIENCY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PACKED BEDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPHERES; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS;

10 MICRON; DIFFERENT SIZES; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC; FIXED BED; INERTIA PARAMETERS; INERTIAL FACTOR; SIMPLE CUBIC; SOLID SUSPENSIONS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 79955858716     PISSN: 10120386     EISSN: 16629507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/DDF.312-315.871     Document Type: Conference Paper

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