Hydrodynamics of gas-liquid cocurrent flows in micropacked beds-wall visualization study

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 50, 2012, Pages 16495-16504

  Faridkhou, Ali ^a   Larachi, Faïçal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; CO-CURRENT FLOW; DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; FIELD OF VIEWS; FLOW REGIME MAP; FLOW REGIMES; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS-LIQUID BOUNDARIES; GAS-LIQUID SYSTEMS; MACRO SCALE; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; PRESSURE DROP MEASUREMENTS; TRICKLE BED;

ARGON; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYSTERESIS; PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE DROP; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WETTING;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84871272981     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie301709x     Document Type: Article

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