On the lower operating range of sieve and valve trays

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-155

  Wijn, E F ^a,b  

^a SHELL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b Meteorenweg 1014   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absorption; Distillation; Dumping; Seal point; Sieve tray; Valve tray; Weep point; Weeping

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DISTILLATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

SEAL POINT; SIEVE TRAYS; VALVE TRAYS; WEEP POINT;

SIEVES;

EID: 0032102427     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-8947(98)00089-8     Document Type: Article

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