Experiments were conducted on a trickle bed with 0.283 m ID to eluddate the relation-ship between hysteretic phenomena and liquid distribution. The hysteresis of pressure drop and the variance of radial liquid distribution were observed simultaneously. Residence time dlstribu-tion (KTD), holdup and mean residence time (RT) of liquid phase were also found to demonmtrate hystereels of the same nature. RTD, liquid holdup and mean RT calculated with a simple model from the distribution of liquid flow rate show chaxacteristic consistant with the experlmeataJ data, suggesting that the hyteretic phenomena originate from the multiplicity and nonuniformity of liquid flow distribution.
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