Effect of column diameter on pressure drop of a corrugated sheet structured packing

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 505-510

  Olujic Z ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diameter effect; Pressure drop; Scale up; Structured packing

Indexed keywords

CORRUGATED CONTAINERS; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; PRESSURE DROP; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

COLUMN DIAMETER; DIAMETER EFFECT; SCALE UP; STRUCTURED PACKING;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

LIQUID FLOW; PACKED BED; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032599733     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387699526539     Document Type: Article

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