Gas-liquid countercurrent flows through packed towers

Journal of Porous Media

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-113

  Liu, Shijie ^a   Long, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0003157255     PISSN: 1091028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/jpormedia.v3.i2.10     Document Type: Article

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