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Liquid distribution in trickle‐bed reactors
Author(s) -
Saroha Anil K.,
Nigam K. D. P.,
Saxena Alok K.,
Kapoor V. K.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690440912
Subject(s) - trickle , trickle bed reactor , surface tension , liquid flow , flow (mathematics) , liquid liquid , mechanics , distribution (mathematics) , chemistry , chromatography , thermodynamics , physics , mathematics , catalysis , biochemistry , political science , law , mathematical analysis
Experimental measurements on liquid distribution in a trickle‐bed reactor are presented, as well as the effect of liquid and gas flow on radial liquid distribution. The influence of liquid density and surface tension was also investigated. The model for liquid distribution proposed by Herskowitz and Smith in 1978 was modified to incorporate the effect of particle orientation. Model parameters are correlated with liquid and gas flow rates, as well as liquid surface tension.