Designing for pressure drop in Venturi scrubbers: The importance of dry pressure drop

Chemical Engineering Journal and the Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 203-211

  Allen, R W K ^a,b   Van Santen, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ETSU B154   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dry pressure drop; Pressure drop; Venturi scrubbers

Indexed keywords

MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; PRESSURE DROP; SCRUBBERS; SEPARATION-GAS/SOLID; VENTURI;

CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW PATTERNS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

CLASSICAL VENTURI SHAPES; DRY PRESSURE DROP; TURBULENCE INDUCED GAS PHASE ACCELERATIONAL LOSSES; VENTURI SCRUBBERS;

SCRUBBERS;

EID: 0029675626     PISSN: 09230467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-0467(95)03044-1     Document Type: Article

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