Carbon Dioxide Absorption into a Stable Liquid Rivulet

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-255

  Nawrocki, P A ^a,b   Chuang, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SHERRITT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gas absorption; Rivulet flow; Structured packing; Water stainless steel

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STAINLESS STEEL; WATER;

STABLE LIQUID RIVULET; STRUCTURED PACKING;

GAS ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLOW;

EID: 0030130487     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450740210     Document Type: Article

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