Cross-flow versus counterflow air-stripping towers

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 668-674

  Little, John C ^a,c   Mariñas, Benito J ^b,c  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c ASCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSFLOW; MASS TRANSFER; POLLUTANTS; PRESSURE DROP; TOWERS;

EID: 0030878689     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1997)123:7(668)     Document Type: Article

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