Mass transfer in gas-liquid flow in small-diameter tubes

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 2231-2237

  Tortopidis, P ^a   Bontozoglou, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Compact contactors; Flow regime transition; Gas liquid flow; Mass transfer; Pressure drop; Small diameter tubes

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; MASS TRANSFER; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COMPACT CONTACTORS; FLOW REGIME TRANSITION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; PIPES;

EID: 0031193443     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00027-4     Document Type: Article

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