Modeling of Venturi Scrubber Performance

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4308-4317

  Viswanathan, Shekar ^a,b  

^a Ecotech Ener/Environ Corporation   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; DUST CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TWO PHASE FLOW;

TWO DIMENSIONAL MODELS; VENTURI SCRUBBERS;

SCRUBBERS;

GAS-SOLID SEPARATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SCRUBBER;

EID: 0031253548     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970235s     Document Type: Article

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