Experimental Study of Wave Propagation Dynamics of Binary Distillation Columns

AIChE Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2743-2760

  Hwang, Yng Long ^a   Graham, Glenn K ^a   Keller II, George E ^a   Ting, Jack ^b   Helfferich, Friedrich G ^b  

^a UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION COLUMNS; DYNAMICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALCOHOLS; BINARY MIXTURES; COMPOSITION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUID WAVES; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

ASYMMETRIC DYNAMICS; FEED COMPOSITION; FEED FLOW RATE; FRACTIONATION COLUMN; HIGH PURITY COLUMN; NONLINEAR WAVE THEORY; REBOILER HEAT SUPPLY; STRIPPING COLUMN; WAVE PROPAGATION DYNAMICS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 0030269423     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690421006     Document Type: Article

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