New Correlation for Sieve-Tray Point Efficiency, Entrainment, and Section Efficiency

AIChE Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1611-1626

  Bennett, Douglas L ^a   Watson, Dana N ^b   Wiescinski, Marie Anne ^c  

^a AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DEGRADATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISTILLATION COLUMNS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE INTERFACES; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

DISTILLATION SIEVE TRAYS; SCHMIDT NUMBER;

SIEVES;

EID: 0031165162     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690430625     Document Type: Article

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