Distillation columns containing structured packings: A comprehensive model for their performance. 2. Mass-transfer model

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1660-1667

  Rocha, J Antonio ^a,b   Bravo, Jose L ^a,c   Fair, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION COLUMNS; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; PACKINGS; STRUCTURED;

CORRELATION METHODS; FLUID MECHANICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKING; PERFORMANCE; SURFACES;

CYCLOHEXANE HEPTANE SYSTEM; MASS TRANSFER MODEL; PACKING GEOMETRY; PHASE FLOW CONDITIONS; STRUCTURED PACKINGS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 0030131371     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie940406i     Document Type: Article

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