Distillation Studies in a High-Gravity Contactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4646-4655

  Kelleher, Trevour ^a,b   Fair, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP;

HIGH GRAVITY VAPOR LIQUID CONTACTOR; HYDRAULIC CAPACITY; ROTATIONAL SPEEDS;

DISTILLATION;

EID: 0030383385     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie950662a     Document Type: Article

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